How to pronounce 伐 in Cantonese (1 out of 7):

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之後湯終於決定起兵伐桀,並聯合其他部落,力數夏桀之暴政
So Soot decided to start a military coup and join other tribes to fight the Shaolin dictatorship.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

之後 zi1 hau6
after
湯 tong3
an alternative form for 燙, scald
終於 zung1 jyu6
finally
決定 kyut3 ding6
decide
起兵 hei2 bing1
start an uprising
伐 fat6
to cut down
to fell
to dispatch an expedition against
to attack
to boast
Taiwan pr. [fā]
桀 git3
despotic ruler
並聯 bing6 lyun4
associated
合 ho4
a note on ancient Chinese musical scale
其他 kei4 taa1
other
部落 bou6 lok6
tribe
力 lik6
power
force
strength
ability
strenuously
capability
influence
vigor
vigorously
to do one's best
KangXi radical 19
energy
數 sou3
number
figure
several M: 个gè [个]
fate
an amount of money
a debt
夏 haa6
summer
grand
name of a Chinese dynasty
Chinese
China
a surname
之 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
暴政 pou6 zing3
tyranny

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