How to pronounce 烽火 in Cantonese (4 out of 13):

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當有外族進犯，烽火台便會點起烽火，讓諸侯看到進而拱衞天子

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

當 dong3
right
trap
trick
pawn
to regard as
to pawn
thought
fit
proper
safe
appropriate
to treat as
有 jau6
also
again
外族 ngoi6 zuk6
noun: other ethnicity; foreigner
烽火 fung1 fo2
beacon fire
台 toi4
variant of 臺
台tái [台]
platform
unit
terrace
tower
stage
support
base
station
channel
abbreviation for Taiwan
classifier for machinery
便 pin4
cheap
unmerited advantages
glib-tongued
bulging
會 wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
點 dim2
point
dot
drop
speck
o'clock
point (in space or time)
to draw a dot
to check on a list
to choose
to order (food in a restaurant)
to touch briefly
to hint
to light
to ignite
to pour a liquid drop by drop
(old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更gēng [更]
dot stroke in Chinese characters
classifier for items
a spot
degree
a blot
light refreshment
to mark off
to inspect
how?
to instruct
to advise (especially in 'to mislead')
to cheat
起 hei2
to rise
to raise
to get up
to set out
to start
to appear
to launch
to initiate (action)
to draft
to establish
to get (from a depot or counter)
verb suffix, to start
(before place or time) starting from
classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
classifier for groups: batch, group
to stand up
to go up
to happen
to take place
to uncover
讓 joeng6
to yield
to permit
to let sb do sth
to have sb do sth
to make sb (feel sad etc)
to allow
to concede
to convey
to transfer
to make way
to step aside
by
諸侯 zyu1 hau4
vassal; feudal lords
看到 hon3 dou3
can see
進而 zeon3 ji4
furthermore
拱 gung2
to cup one's hands in salute
to surround
to arch
to dig earth with the snout
arched
to salute
arched-shape
to surround
to push
衞 wai6
guard
天子 tin1 zi2
emperor

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