How to pronounce 禽 in Cantonese (3 out of 4):

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伯禽回應：「當然是很高啦！一人之下，萬人之上」
And the bird said, "Of course, it's high, under one, over a thousand".

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

伯 baak3
father's elder brother
senior male
paternal elder uncle
eldest of brothers
respectful form of address for an elderly man
Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位wǔděngjuéwèi [五等爵位]
term of address for husband's older brothers
a surname
禽 kam4
generic term for birds and animals
birds
fowls
to capture (old)
a surname
回應 wui4 jing3
response
當然 dong1 jin4
(adverb) absolutely
是 si6
is
很 han2
very
高 gou1
high
tall
above average
loud
your (honorific)
lofty
a high level or degree
superior
a surname
elevated
respectable
noble
expensive
old
supreme
high pitched
high quality
height
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval
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
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
之下 zi1 haa6
under
萬人 maan6 yan4
tens of thousands
之上 zi1 soeng6
above

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