How to pronounce 祖 in Cantonese (49 out of 65):

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由於佢只喺爸爸純祖時期監國4年(1827-1830) 唔算皇帝

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

由於 jau4 jyu1
because of
佢 heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
只 zi2
only
merely
just
but
喺 hai2
in
爸爸 baa1 baa1
father
純 tyun4
used as a quanitifier
祖 zou2
ancestor
forefather
grandparents
founder
an originator
sacrifice to god of travellers
a surname
時期 si4 kei4
period of time
監 gaam3
Imperial offices or academies
a eunuch
forcibly with coercion
國 gwok3
country
nation
state
national M: 个gè [个]
Chinese
年 nin4
year
唔 ng4
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
算 syun3
to regard as
to figure
to calculate
to compute
to count
to plan
to guess
to suppose
to reckon
to include
to count in
as
to consider
to matter
let it be
that's enough
finally
at long last
皇帝 wong4 dai3
(noun) King

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