How to pronounce 緬 in Cantonese (2 out of 8):

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他說話很嚴厲並留下哥哥西緬作人質，他命令說：「你們把食糧帶回家
He spoke sternly and left his brother Simeon as a hostage. He commanded, "Take the food home,

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

他 to1
he or him
(used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant)
(used before sb's name for emphasis)
(used as a meaningless mock object)
other
another
說話 syut3 waa2
speak
很 han2
very
嚴厲 jim4 lai6
severe
並 bing6
and
furthermore
also
together with
(not) at all
simultaneously
to combine
to join
to merge
equally
to be on the same level with
add emphasis when used before a negative, really (not)
side by side
留下 lau4 haa6
leave behind
哥哥 go1 go1
(celebrity) The nickname of Leslie Cheung who was a singer, actor and film producer in Hong Kong
西 sai1
west
western
occident
foreign
a surname
abbreviation for Spain
westwards
a pawn-ticket
cunt
緬 min5
distant
remote
detailed
to think of
abbreviation for Burma
作人 zok3 yan4
behave properly
質 zi3
to pawn
pledge
hostage
Taiwan pr. [zhí]
命令 ming6 ling6
to order or command
說 syut3
to speak
to say
to explain
to scold
to tell off
a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)
to criticize
to try to influence someone to do something
to mean
你們 nei5 mun4
you (plural)
把 baa3
to hold
to contain
to grasp
to take hold of
handle
particle marking the following noun as a direct object
classifier for objects with handle
classifier for small objects: handful
to guard
to hold in place
sworn brotherhood
食糧 sik6 loeng4
food
帶回 daai3 wui4
bring back
家 ze1
used as an expletive at the end of a sentence

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