How to pronounce 爻 in Cantonese (2 out of 12):

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離卦-兩個陽爻一個陰爻,
e.g. Nei trigram - two Yang strokes and one Yin stroke,

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

離 lei4
to leave
to part from
to be away from
(in giving distances) from
without (sth)
independent of
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦bāguà [八卦], symbolizing fire
☲
separation
departure
to separate
to go away from
to dispense with
to go without
to go against
卦 gwaa3
divinatory diagram
one of the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易经Yìjīng [易经]
one of the sixty-four divinatory hexagrams of the Book of Changes 易经Yìjīng [易经]
fortune telling
to tell fortunes
兩 loeng5
two
both
some
a few
tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1
16 of a catty 斤jīn [斤] (old)
a group of about ten people
個 go3
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
陽 joeng4
positive (electric.)
sun
male principle (Taoism)
Yang, opposite: 阴yīn [阴] ☯
the make genitals
bright
brilliant
pertaining to this world
a surname
the south of a hill
to north of a river
一個 jat1 go3
a; one
陰 jam3
the alternative form for 蔭, shade
shelter

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