How to pronounce 長老 in Cantonese (4 out of 6):

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他們把消息告訴以色列的眾長老
They told the news to the elders of Israel.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

他們 taa1 mun4
they
把 baa3
to hold
to contain
to grasp
to take hold of
handle
particle marking the following noun as a direct object
classifier for objects with handle
classifier for small objects: handful
to guard
to hold in place
sworn brotherhood
消息 siu1 sik1
news
告訴 gou3 su6
tell
以色列 ji5 sik1 lau4
Israel
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
眾 zung3
many
numerous
crowd
multitude
masses
people
長老 coeng4 lou5
elder

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