How to pronounce 打小人 in Cantonese (4 out of 5):

咁 gam3

so (Cantonese)

Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this

點解要 gam2 gaai2 jiu3

why do

打小人 daa2 siu2 jan2

a Chinese custom akin to a Voodoo doll, where a person can hire someone to use a wooden block or shoe to hit a man-shaped piece of paper with another person's name and birth date (or other details) on it, believing that it can curse one's enemy with bad luck

呢 ni1

this