How to pronounce 索 in Cantonese (112 out of 118):

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係7000年前美索不達米亞地區
Sumer, 7,000 years ago in Mesopotamia,

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

係 hai6
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
年前 nin4 cin4
years ago
美 mei5
beautiful
very satisfactory
good
to beautify
to be pleased with oneself
to praise
to use euphemism
American
America
beauty
perfection
pleasing
perfect
索 sok3
to breathe in
to sniff
sexy
to touch a woman in a sexual way
to win at gambling
不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
達 taat3
uninhibited
米 mai5
rice M: 粒lì [粒]
meter (classifier)
grain-like things
money
a cigarette
亞 ngaa3
Asia
Asian
second
next to
inferior
sub-
Taiwan pr. [yǎ]
used as a prefix to names
地區 dei6 keoi1
area

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