How to pronounce 貴族 in Cantonese (43 out of 48):

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貴族們推舉咗當時只得 16 歲嘅
The nobles pushed the 16-year-old up.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

貴族 gwai3 zuk6
nobility
們 mun4
suffix for plural form
推舉 teoi1 geoi2
nominate
咗 zo2
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
當時 dong1 si4
back then
只 zi2
only
merely
just
but
得 dak1
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
to obtain
to acquire
to get
to gain
suit
proper
ready
finished
to be satisfied
to permit
to need to
to have gone as far as to
to have even done
can
歲 seoi3
classifier for years (of age)
year
year (of crop harvests)
age
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
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