How to pronounce 嚇 in Cantonese (10 out of 113):

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想不到他聽到我是從香港來的時候被嚇了一跳
He was shocked to hear that I was coming from Hong Kong.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

想不到 soeng2 bat1 dou3
unexpected
他 to1
he or him
(used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant)
(used before sb's name for emphasis)
(used as a meaningless mock object)
other
another
聽到 ting1 dou2
hear
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
是 si6
is
從 zung6
paternal cousins
part of an official title for subordinates or lower rank officials in ancient times
香港 hoeng1 gong2
Hong Kong
來的 loi4 dik1
from
時候 si4 hau6
time
被 pei5
quilt
blanket
(literary) to cover
嚇 haak3
to frighten
to scare
to intimidate
to threaten
to startle
了 liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret
一 jat1
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
跳 tiu4
to jump
to hop
to skip over
to bounce
to palpitate
to leap
to vault
to dance
to throb
(heart) to beat
to make omissions
to give drugs to someone

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