How to pronounce 公投 in Cantonese (2 out of 5):

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期間5名地區直選立法會議員發起五區總辭 以辭職後舉行的補選「公投」
During that time, five directly elected members of the legislature resigned from the five districts, and the resignation was called a referendum.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

期間 kei4 gaan1
during
名 ming4
name
noun (part of speech)
place (e.g. among winners)
famous
classifier for people
rank
title
position
fame
reputation
地區 dei6 keoi1
area
直選 zik6 syun2
direct election
立法會 laap6 faat3 wui5
Legislative Council
議員 ji5 jyun4
councillor
發起 faat3 hei2
initiate
五 ng5
five
a surname
multifarious
區 keoi1
area
region
district
small
distinguish M: 个gè [个]
precinct
to classify
to subdivide
總 zung2
total
辭 ci4
word
statement
speech
lyrics M: 组zǔ [组]
个gè [个]
classical Chinese poem M: 首shǒu [首]
expression
phrase
an ancient form of poetic prose
to take leave
to resign
to concede
to step back
to evade
to shirk
to dismiss
以 jyu5
to use
by means of
according to
in order to
because of
at (a certain date or place)
consider as
辭職 ci4 zik1
to quit (from a job)
後 hau6
back
behind
rear
afterwards
after
later
descendants
then
a surname
future
after next
succeeding
舉行 geoi2 hang4
to host
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
補選 bou2 syun2
by-election
公投 gung1 tau4
referendum
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