How to pronounce 鳴 in Cantonese (17 out of 31):

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直逼桀的重鎮鳴條（今日河南省豐丘東）

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

直逼 zik6 bei1
closely follow
桀 git3
despotic ruler
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
重鎮 cung5 zan3
Strategic town
鳴 meng5
ring
條 tiu5
strip
item
article
clause (of law or treaty)
classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers, people (in slangs) etc)
order
orderliness
ten dollars
今日 gam1 jat6
(adverb) nowadays; today
河南省 ho4 naam4 saang2
Henan Province
豐 fung1
abundant
plentiful
fertile
plump
great
luxuriant
buxom
appearance
demeanor
charming
a surname
丘 jau1
mound
hillock
grave
a plot, classifier for fields
a surname
the first name of Confucius
a settlement
habitat
to place a coffin containing a dead body in a temporary shelter whilst pending burial
東 dung1
east
host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest)
landlord, owner
a surname

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