How to pronounce 公堂 in Cantonese (4 out of 4):

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卦象顯示要上公堂似的， 似要面對一些嚴刑峻法

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

卦 gwaa3
divinatory diagram
one of the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易经Yìjīng [易经]
one of the sixty-four divinatory hexagrams of the Book of Changes 易经Yìjīng [易经]
fortune telling
to tell fortunes
象 zoeng6
elephant M: 只zhī [只]
shape
form
appearance
to imitate
ivory
figure
image
portrait
phenomenon
顯示 hin2 si6
display
要上 yiu3 soeng5
to go to
公堂 gung1 tong4
court
似的 ci5 dak1
like
似 ci5
seems as if
rather like
Taiwan pr. [sìde]
to resemble
要面 jiu3 min6
wanting a good reputation or face (spoken)
對 deoi3
right
correct
couple
pair
towards
at
for
to face
opposite
to treat (sb a certain way)
to match together
to adjust
to fit
to suit
to answer
to reply
classifier: couple
pair
to compare
to check
to adjust
一些 jat1 se1
some
嚴刑峻法 jim4 jing4 zeon3 faat3
Severe punishments

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