How to pronounce 劍 in Cantonese (35 out of 45):

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第一. 將「四面楚歌是姑息的劍」
One: "A four-sided sword is a sword that is moving".

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

第一 dai6 jat1
first
將 zoeng3
a military commander
a general officer
to command
四面楚歌 sei3 min6 co2 go1
beset by enemies on all sides
是 si6
is
姑息 gu1 sik1
condoning
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
劍 gim3
sword
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