How to pronounce 灵 in Cantonese (4 out of 6):

很多道家宫观的第一各大殿中,镇守道观山门的灵官神一般都是这位王灵官
Among the largest halls of many Taoist temples, the spiritual official guarding the mountain gate of Taoist temples is usually this Wang Lingguan.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

很多 han2 do1
noun; a lot of
宫 gung1
palace
观 gun1
watch
的 dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
第一 dai6 jat1
first
各 gok3
each
every
individually
all
separately
various
different
中 zung1
within
among
in
middle
center
while (doing sth)
during
镇 zan3
calm; suppress; town
守 sau3
part of the title for officials in ancient times
道 dou6
direction
way
road
path M: 条tiáo [条]
股gǔ [股]
principle
truth
morality
reason
skill
method
Dao (of Daoism)
to say
to speak
to talk
classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
province (of Korea or Japan)
channel
method
doctrine
teachings
山 saan1
mountain
门 mun4
door
灵 ling4
spiritual
effective
官 gun1
official
government
organ of body M: 个gè [个]
officer
government run
state-owned
public
general
神 san4
deity
soul
spirit
unusual
mysterious
lively
expressive
expression
look M: 个gè [个]
(slang) awesome
amazing
god
the mind
demeanor
to appreciate
to comprehend
divine
miraculous
superb
by the spirit
countenance
supernatural
weird
insane
ridiculous
abnormal
damaged
out of order
an idol
fairy
a role model
a hero
一般 jat1 bun1
generally
都 dou1
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
是 si6
is
这 ze2
this
位 wai6
position
location
place
seat
classifier for people (honorific)
classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
throne
post
rank
status
王 wong6
to govern
to rule

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