How to pronounce 夷 in Cantonese (13 out of 18):

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我們看到命宮就一支卦，名為夷卦

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

我們 ngo5 mun4
we
看到 hon3 dou3
can see
命 ming6
life
宮 gung1
palace
temple
castration (as corporal punishment)
first note in pentatonic scale
dwelling
enclose
就 zau6
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
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
支 zi1
to support
to sustain
to erect
to raise
branch
division
to draw money
classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions
to separate
to send away
to disperse
twelve earthly branches
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
名 ming4
name
noun (part of speech)
place (e.g. among winners)
famous
classifier for people
rank
title
position
fame
reputation
為 wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
夷 ji4
non-Han people, esp. to the East of China
barbarians
to wipe out
to exterminate
to tear down
to raze
wound
ancient plough like implement
to pacify
to squash
to raze to the ground
to annihilate as punishment for serious offences
level
calm
much
foreigner
foreign
foreign countries

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