How to pronounce 雪萊 in Cantonese (1 out of 2):

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佢哋呢粒女就係人稱科幻小說之母嘅 Mary Shelley 瑪麗雪萊
And this girl is Mary Shelley, the mother of science fiction, Mary Shelley,

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

佢哋 keoi5 dei6
(pronoun) they
ni1
this
nap1
grain
granule
classifier for small round things (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc)
a small particle
to have rice as food
ten thousand
a quantifier for hours
a 'pip' on the shoulder of police's uniform indicating the rank
neoi6
to marry off one's daughter
就係 zau6 hai6
it is; exactly
人稱 yan4 cing1
called by people
科幻小說 fo1 waan2 siu2 syut3
science fiction novel
zi1
1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de [的]), ‘s 2. him 3. her 4. it 5. subordinate particle 6. this 7. that 8. these 9. those 10. to go to 11. an expletive in a phrase or a sentence with no particular meaning 12. (of road) branch
mau4
mother
elderly female relative
origin
source
(of animals) female
part of term for elderly woman
alphabet
sound element
a surname
koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
瑪麗 maa5 lei6
Mary
雪萊 syut3 loi4
Shelley
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