How to pronounce 紂 in Cantonese (1 out of 34):

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商朝最後一位君主是帝辛，也是我們十分熟悉的暴君紂王
The last monarch of the Commercial Dynasty was Tsin, a tyrant and king we know very well.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

商朝 soeng1 ciu4
Shang dynasty
最後 zeoi3 hau6
last
一 jat1
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
位 wai6
position
location
place
seat
classifier for people (honorific)
classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
throne
post
rank
status
君主 gwan1 zyu2
monarch
是 si6
is
帝辛 dai3 san1
Di Xin
也是 jaa5 si6
Also; too
我們 ngo5 mun4
we
十分 sap6 fan1
very
熟悉 suk6 sik1
familiar
的 dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
暴君 bou6 gwan1
tyrant
紂 zau6
saddle crupper (harness strap on horse's back)
name of an emperor
王 wong6
to govern
to rule

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