How to pronounce 首 in Cantonese (201 out of 214):

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嚟為我哋讀出John Donne 嘅呢一首 The Good Morrow
Read this for us, John Donne's The Good Morning.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

嚟 lei4
used in transliteration
to come
used as a final particle to add emphasis
為 wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
我哋 ngo5 dei6
(pronoun) we; us
讀 duk6
to read
to study
reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音pīnyīn [拼音]
to attend school
出 ceot1
to go out
to come out
to occur
to produce
to go beyond
to rise
to put forth
to happen
to grow
to have (something unpleasant occurring)
to leave
to send out
out
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
呢 ni1
this
一 jat1
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
首 sau3
to confess a crime
to turn oneself in
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