How to pronounce 諾貝爾 in Cantonese (4 out of 7):

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切爾諾貝爾佢一開頭呢一單因為佢哋冇人知咩事
Chernobyl started this because no one knew what it was.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

切 cit3
definitely
absolutely (not)
(scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.
Tut!
to grind
close to
eager
to correspond to
see also 反切fǎnqiè [反切]
to cut
to mince
to slice
to carve
tangent
eager
must
to be sure to
爾 ji5
thus
so
like that
you
thou
used as a final particle
an adverb particle
a suffix after an adjective
your
that
near
諾貝爾 nok6 bui3 ji5
Nobel
佢 heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
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
開頭 hoi1 tau4
to start or commence
呢 ni1
this
一單 jat1 daan1
a single case
因為 jan1 wai6
due to
佢哋 keoi5 dei6
(pronoun) they
冇人 mou5 jan4
no one
知 zi3
an alternative form for 智,wisdom
咩事 mik6 si6
what's the matter
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