How to pronounce 簡 in Cantonese (27 out of 53):

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於是天上嘅玉皇大帝決定幫人類簡12隻動物出嚟
So, the Jade Emperor in Heaven decided to select 12 animals for humanity,

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

於是 jyu1 si6
(adverb) therefore
天上 tin1 soeng6
in the sky
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
決定 kyut3 ding6
decide
幫 bong1
help
人類 jan4 leoi6
humanity
簡 gaan2
simple
uncomplicated
letter
to choose
to select
bamboo strips used for writing (old)
terse
succinct
brief
simplified
to treat impolitely
letter
note
to select
a surname
隻 zek3
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
single
alone
one only
one of pair
month (in prison sentence)
動物 dung6 mat6
animal
出 ceot1
to go out
to come out
to occur
to produce
to go beyond
to rise
to put forth
to happen
to grow
to have (something unpleasant occurring)
to leave
to send out
out
嚟 lei4
used in transliteration
to come
used as a final particle to add emphasis

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