How to pronounce 卦 in Cantonese (118 out of 122):

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是為本卦及變卦.
Original hexagram and Change hexagram.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

是 si6
is
為 wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
本 bun2
roots or stems of plants
origin
source
this
the current
root
foundation
basis
classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
originally
my
our
based on
edition
copy
capital
cost
principal
local
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
及 kap6
and
to reach
up to
in time for
extend
come up to
to match
to catch up with
to overtake

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