How to pronounce 掛名 in Cantonese (1 out of 3):

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喺南方駐守嘅劉永福都只不過係一個掛名嘅大將軍， 「民主國」新設立嘅內政、軍事同外交三個新衙門

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

喺 hai2
in
南方 naam4 fong1
the South
駐守 zyu3 sau2
(verb) To station
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
劉 lau4
Liu
永福 wing5 fuk1
Everlasting Blessing
都 dou1
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
只不過 zi2 bat1 gwo1
merely
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
一個 jat1 go3
a; one
掛名 gwaa3 meng2
adj; nominal; only in name; titular
民主 man4 zyu2
democracy
國 gwok3
country
nation
state
national M: 个gè [个]
Chinese
新 san1
new
newly
meso- (chemistry)
beginning
recent
modern
neo-
the Hsin dynasty
a surname
設立 cit3 laap6
establish
內政 noi6 zing3
domestic affairs
軍事 gwan1 si6
military
同 tung4
and
外交 ngoi6 gaau1
diplomacy
三 saam3
multiple times; repeatedly
個 go3
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
衙門 ngaa4 mun4
government office in feudal China

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