How to pronounce 起初 in Cantonese (32 out of 56):

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由起初士官長被星盟的流放者打敗 , 失蹤

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

由 jau4
to follow
from
it is for...to
reason
cause
because of
due to
to
to leave it (to sb)
by (introduces passive verb)
up to
through
a surname
起初 hei2 co4
at first
長 zoeng6
extraneous
被 pei5
quilt
blanket
(literary) to cover
星 sing1
star
heavenly body
satellite
small amount
planet
luminous celestial bodies
spark
fragments
a celebrity
nocturnal
name of one of the 28 constellations
astrology
盟 mang4
oath
pledge
union
to ally
league, a subdivision corresponding to prefecture in Inner Mongolia
convenant
alliance
的 dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
流放 lau4 fong3
exile
者 ze2
(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...
(after a noun) person involved in ...
-er
-ist
(used after a number or 后hòu [后] or 前qián [前] to refer to sth mentioned previously)
(used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term)
(old) (used at the end of a command)
(old) this
a surname
denoting a portion
this
these
yes, yes! (exclamation)
打敗 daa2 bai6
defeat
失蹤 sat1 zung6
disappear

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