How to pronounce 占卜 in Cantonese (3 out of 5):

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每當他們祭祀、打獵、出征時都會用龜甲或獸骨占卜
They used shields or animal bones to divinate when they sacrificed, hunted, and marched.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

每當 mui5 dong1
whenever
他們 taa1 mun4
they
祭祀 zi2 si6
to worship ancestors
打獵 daa2 lip6
hunting
出征 ceot1 zing1
go on a military expedition
時 si4
o'clock
time
when
hour
season
period
era
current
timely
often
continously
frequently
fashionable
opportune
sometimes…sometimes
a surname
都 dou1
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
會 wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
用 jung6
to use
to employ
to have to
to eat or drink
expense or outlay
usefulness
hence
therefore
to apply
to operate
function
to spend
to make use
to serve as
to eat
to drink
with
to need
to exert
effect
with this
龜甲 gwai1 gaap3
tortoise shell
或 waak6
maybe
perhaps
might
possibly
or
someone
slightly
獸 sau3
beast
骨 gwat1
bone
personality
moral character
skeleton
corpse
frame
framework
quarter
hurdle
massage parlour
flower bud
to roll
to move
a door
占卜 zim3 buk1
divination
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