How to pronounce 臣子 in Cantonese (1 out of 8):

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當時有一位臣子進言，先帝在位時，南方月萇氏曾進貢白羽雉雞
When a servant came forward, and the first king was in power, the southern moon had paid a white hen a tax.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

當時 dong1 si4
back then
有 jau6
also
again
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
臣子 san4 zi2
courtier
進言 zeon3 jin4
to offer advice
先 sin3
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then
帝 dai3
emperor
god
imperial
imperialism
supreme ruler
在位 zoi6 wai2
in position
時 si4
o'clock
time
when
hour
season
period
era
current
timely
often
continously
frequently
fashionable
opportune
sometimes…sometimes
a surname
南方 naam4 fong1
the South
月 jyut6
moon
month
monthly M: 个gè [个]
轮lún [轮]
KangXi radical 74
a surname
moon-shaped
luna
a woman's confinement month after child birth
萇 coeng4
plant mentioned in Book of Songs, uncertainly identified as carambola or star fruit (Averrhoa carambola)
a surname
氏 zi1
used in names of foreign tribes
曾 zang1
great-grand
great-great grand
a surname
進貢 zeon3 gung3
to offer tribute as a mark of submission or allegiance
白 baak6
white
snowy
pure
bright
empty
blank
plain
clear
to make clear
in vain
gratuitous
free of charge
reactionary
anti-communist
funeral
to stare coldly
to write wrong character
to state
to explain
vernacular
spoken lines in opera
unblemished
a surname
the spoken dialogue in a stage show
to have a strong drink to celebrate
to clear up
to confess to
to turn white
for no reason
simply
just
easy to understand
羽 jyu5
feather
5th note in pentatonic scale
a surname
wing
a light cloth
a camlet
made of feather
KangXi radical 124
plume
雉雞 ci6 gai1
ring-necked pheasant

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