How to pronounce 貧苦 in Cantonese (2 out of 14):

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佢生於英國諾福克郡嘅一戶貧苦匠人之家
He was born into a poor working-class family in Norfolk, England.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

佢 heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
生於 sang1 jyu1
be born in
英國 jing1 gwok3
United Kingdom
諾 nok6
to consent
to promise
(literary) yes!
to assent
to approve
yes
yeah (interjection)
福克 fok6
Fok6
郡 gwan6
canton
county
region
administrative district
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
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
戶 wu6
a household
door
family
bank account
貧苦 pin2 ku3
poverty
匠 zoeng6
craftsman
artisan
workman
skilful
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
之 zi1
1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de [的]), ‘s 2. him 3. her 4. it 5. subordinate particle 6. this 7. that 8. these 9. those 10. to go to 11. an expletive in a phrase or a sentence with no particular meaning 12. (of road) branch
家 ze1
used as an expletive at the end of a sentence

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