How to pronounce 敲打 in Cantonese (2 out of 7):

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警方懷疑是唐永強以鐵鎚敲打石油氣罐
The police suspected that Dong Yong-jin hit the oil and gas well with a steel hammer.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

警方 jing3 fong1
police
懷疑 waai4 ji4
doubt
是 si6
is
唐 tong4
to exaggerate
empty
in vain
old variant of 螗táng [螗]
Chinese
the tang dynasty
a surname
a kind of plum
abrupt
rude
永 wing5
forever
always
perpetual
far-reaching
強 koeng5
to coerce
to force
to strive to
to try hard to
以 jyu5
to use
by means of
according to
in order to
because of
at (a certain date or place)
consider as
鐵 tit3
iron (metal)
arms
weapons
hard
strong
violent
unshakeable
determined
close
tight (slang)
solid
firm
cruel
merciless
ruthless
鎚 ceoi4
hammer
to hammer into shape
weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance)
mallet
to forge
a type of weapon used in the past with a heavy head and a handle or a chain
敲打 kau3 da2
knock
石油氣 sek6 jau4 hei3
LPG; petroleum gas
罐 gun3
can

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