How to pronounce 衛 in Cantonese (17 out of 21):

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宗右衛門町成為了南面地區五大花街之一
Soemon-cho became one of the five flower streets in the southern region.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

宗 zung1
school
sect
purpose
model
ancestor
clan
to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work)
classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs
lineage
ancestry
great master
右 jau6
right (-hand)
the Right (politics)
west (old)
to assist
to emphasize
衛 wai6
to guard
to protect
to defend
abbr. for 卫生, hygiene
health
abbr. for 卫生间, toilet
security guard
門 mun4
gate
door M: 扇shàn [扇]
gateway
doorway M: 个gè [个]
opening
valve
switch
way to do something
knack
family
house
(religious) sect
school (of thought)
class
category
phylum or division (taxonomy)
classifier for large guns
classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology
(suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)
clan
gang
key
turning point
a surname
KangXi radical 169
町 ting2
raised paths between fields
a Japanese unit of measurement for length
a land division
used as part of place names
flat
成為 sing4 wai2
become
了 liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret
南面 naam4 min6
southern side
地區 dei6 keoi1
area
五 ng5
five
a surname
multifarious
大 taai3
an alternative form for the word太, too
之一 zi1 jat1
one of

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