How to pronounce 莘 in Cantonese (6 out of 6):

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他便向有莘氏提親，想聚他女兒，達成部落聯姻
He was in love with a younger brother, and he wanted to marry his daughter and get a tribal marriage.

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
便 pin4
cheap
unmerited advantages
glib-tongued
bulging
向 hoeng3
towards
有 jau6
also
again
莘 san1
countless
氏 zi1
used in names of foreign tribes
提親 tai4 can1
to propose a marriage
想 soeng2
to think
to believe
to suppose
to wish
to want
to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)
to plan
聚 zeoi6
to congregate
to assemble
to mass
to gather together
to amass
to polymerize
a hamlet
village
女兒 neoi5 ji4
daughter
達成 daat6 sing4
achieve
部落 bou6 lok6
tribe
聯姻 lyun4 jan1
alliance by marriage
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