How to pronounce 故鄉 in Cantonese (6 out of 9):

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床前明月光、疑是地上霜、舉頭望明月、低頭思故鄉。

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

床 cong4
bed
couch
classifier for beds M: 张zhāng [张]
chassis
framework
前 cin4
front
forward
ahead
first
top (followed by a number)
future
ago
before
BC (e.g. 前293年)
former
formerly
advance
明月 ming4 jyut6
bright moon
光 gwong1
light
ray M: 道dào [道]
bright
only
merely
to use up
glossy
smooth
glory
honor
bare
naked
a surname
疑 ji4
to doubt
to misbelieve
to suspect
to question
doubtful
uncertain
puzzled
question
suscpicion
uncertainty
unclear
unsettled
是 si6
is
地上 dei6 soeng5
on the ground
霜 soeng1
frost
white powder or cream spread over a surface
frosting
(skin) cream
crystallized
candied
hoary
powdery
舉 geoi2
to lift
to hold up
to cite
to enumerate
to act
to raise
to choose
to elect
an act
a move
a deed
an action
to initiate
to undertake
to nominate
to recommend
to praise
to give birth to
to erect
to suggest
all of
deportment
頭 tau4
head
hair style
the top
end
beginning or end
a stub
remnant
chief
boss
side
aspect
first
leading
classifier for pigs or livestock M: 个gè [个]
used as a suffix
an area
a location
望 mong6
hope
expectate
gaze
低頭 dai1 tau4
bow one's head
思 soi1
long and thick beard
mustache
故鄉 gu3 hoeng1
(noun) Hometown

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