How to pronounce 臣 in Cantonese (37 out of 54):

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位于自枉屈三顾臣于草庐之中

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

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
于 jyu4
to go
to take
sentence-final interrogative particle
variant of 于yú [于]
in
on
at
a surname
自 zi6
from
self
oneself
since
private
personal
naturally
natural
since
枉 wong2
to twist
crooked
unjust
in vain
to distort
three (jargon used by triads)
屈 wat1
bent
to feel wronged
to bend
a surname
to yield to something
someone
to crouch
to suffer injustice
injustice
to wrongly accuse someone
to force someone into doing something
to force
to squeeze
to twist
to sprain
to hold in
to keep oneself indoor
to surrender to
to constrain
三 saam3
multiple times; repeatedly
顾 guk6
consider
臣 san4
state official or subject in dynastic China
"Your Servant", form of address used when speaking to a ruler
to submit oneself to the rule of or acknowledge allegiance to
to serve a ruler as his subject
Kangxi radical 168
a public servant
subject or servant owing allegiance to the ruler
to subjugate or be subjugated
to regard as subject
minister
statesman
official
a modest and polite term of address for 'I'
草 cou2
grass
straw
manuscript
draft (of a document)
careless
rough M: 棵kē [棵]
撮zuǒ [撮]
株zhū [株]
根gēn [根]
thatch
herbs
weed
cannabis
a style of script type in Chinese calligraphy
ten bucks
dollars
之中 zi1 zung1
among

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