How to pronounce 叩 in Cantonese (2 out of 6):

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去原本係巡撫衙門嘅總統府向唐景崧兩跪六叩，

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

去 heoi3
to go
to go to (a place)
to cause to go or send (sb)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
原本 jyun4 bun2
originally
係 hai6
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
巡撫 ceon4 fu2
imperial inspector of a province
衙門 ngaa4 mun4
government office in feudal China
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
向 hoeng3
towards
唐 tong4
to exaggerate
empty
in vain
old variant of 螗táng [螗]
Chinese
the tang dynasty
a surname
a kind of plum
abrupt
rude
景 jing2
an alternative form for 影, shadow
崧 sung1
lofty
兩 loeng5
two
both
some
a few
tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1
16 of a catty 斤jīn [斤] (old)
a group of about ten people
跪 gwai6
to kneel
六 luk6
six
叩 kau3
to knock
to kowtow
to ask
to bow

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