How to pronounce 故鄉 in Cantonese (7 out of 9):

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「舉頭望明月、低頭思故鄉」

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

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
明月 ming4 jyut6
bright moon
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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