How to pronounce 收買 in Cantonese (3 out of 9):

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國王用津貼同官職去收買下議院
The king bought the House of Commons with bribes and official positions.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

國王 gwok3 wong4
king
用 jung6
to use
to employ
to have to
to eat or drink
expense or outlay
usefulness
hence
therefore
to apply
to operate
function
to spend
to make use
to serve as
to eat
to drink
with
to need
to exert
effect
with this
津貼 zeon1 tip3
subsidy
同 tung4
and
官職 gun1 zik1
official post
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
收買 sau1 maai5
bribe
下議院 haa6 ji5 jyun2
House of Representatives
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