How to pronounce 鄒 in Cantonese (5 out of 10):

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鄒國大臣們說：'一定要這樣，我們寧願用劍自殺。'
And the princes of the land said, Let us do this, for we will kill ourselves with the sword.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

鄒 zau1
Zhou (surname)
國大 gwok3 daai6
(abbreviated) National Congress
臣 san4
state official or subject in dynastic China
"Your Servant", form of address used when speaking to a ruler
to submit oneself to the rule of or acknowledge allegiance to
to serve a ruler as his subject
Kangxi radical 168
a public servant
subject or servant owing allegiance to the ruler
to subjugate or be subjugated
to regard as subject
minister
statesman
official
a modest and polite term of address for 'I'
們 mun4
suffix for plural form
說 syut3
to speak
to say
to explain
to scold
to tell off
a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)
to criticize
to try to influence someone to do something
to mean
一定要 yat1 ding6 jiu3
must
這樣 ze2 joeng6
like this
我們 ngo5 mun4
we
寧願 ning4 jyun6
rather
用 jung6
to use
to employ
to have to
to eat or drink
expense or outlay
usefulness
hence
therefore
to apply
to operate
function
to spend
to make use
to serve as
to eat
to drink
with
to need
to exert
effect
with this
劍 gim3
sword
自殺 zi6 saat3
suicide
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