How to pronounce 敲 in Cantonese (10 out of 20):

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一敲紅運當頭
A red flag is in the air.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

一 jat1
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
敲 haau1
to hit
to strike
to tap
to rap
to knock
to rip sb off
to overcharge
to hammer
to prod into
to tap to find out
to deduce
to make innuendos
to swindle
to blackmail
to extort
a truncheon
to beat
紅運 hung4 wan6
good fortune
當頭 dong1 tau4
right overhead; at the time when
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