How to pronounce 陪嫁 in Cantonese (1 out of 4):

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湯後來回到商地，當時湯的妻子昔中有個陪嫁的奴隸名叫伊尹
And it came to pass when water came back to the place of the store, that the wife of water had a servant with her, whose name was Evin.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

湯 tong3
an alternative form for 燙, scald
後來 hau6 loi4
afterwards
回到 wui4 dou3
return to
商 soeng1
commerce
merchant
dealer
to consult
2nd note in pentatonic scale
quotient (as in 智商zhìshāng [智商], intelligence quotient)
to discuss
地 deng6
-ly
structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
earth
soil
ground
region
the base of the coffin
當時 dong1 si4
back then
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
妻子 cai4 zi2
wife
昔 sik1
former times
the past
Taiwan pr. [xí]
formerly
ancient
in beginning
中 zung1
within
among
in
middle
center
while (doing sth)
during
有 jau6
also
again
個 go3
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
陪嫁 pui4 gaai3
dowry
奴隸 no6 loi4
slave
名叫 meng6 giu3
called
伊 ji1
he
she
this
that
third person pronoun
a surname
尹 wan5
to administer
to oversee
to run
magistrate (old)
to govern
director
a surname

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