How to pronounce 翁 in Cantonese (8 out of 12):

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就提到一個叫Tangarruan嘅島，而根據翁先生嘅判斷， 呢個名好明顯係 Tang-haan「東番」嘅同音直譯，

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

就 zau6
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
提到 tai4 dou3
mention
一個 jat1 go3
a; one
叫 giu3
to shout
to call
to order
to ask
to be called
by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
to cry
to hail
to greet
to cause
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
島 dou2
island
而 nang4
an alternative form for 能,to be able
根據 gan1 geoi3
according to
翁 jung1
old man
先生 sin1 saang1
(used before a man's family name) Mr.
判斷 pun3 dyun6
to judge
呢個 ni1 go3
this
名 ming4
name
noun (part of speech)
place (e.g. among winners)
famous
classifier for people
rank
title
position
fame
reputation
好 hou3
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
明顯 ming4 hin2
Obvious
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
東 dung1
east
host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest)
landlord, owner
a surname
番 pun1
used as part of a place name
同音 tung4 jam1
homophonic
直譯 zik6 yik6
literal translation

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