How to pronounce 穆 in Cantonese (7 out of 11):

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召穆公是一位忠臣，百姓也知他十分能幹和正直
And the king of Judah was a man of integrity, and his people knew him to be a man of understanding and upright.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

召 ziu6
to call together
to summon
to convene
temple or monastery (used in place names in Inner Mongolia)
imperial decree
穆 muk6
solemn
reverent
calm
burial position in an ancestral tomb (old)
old variant of 默
majestic
respectful
harmonious
serene
a surname
公 gung1
public
collectively owned
common
international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar)
make public
fair
just
Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位wǔděngjuéwèi [五等爵位]
honorable (gentlemen)
father-in-law (husband' side)
male (animal)
maternal grandfather
an old man
official duties
是 si6
is
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
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
忠臣 jung1 san4
loyal official
百姓 baak3 sing3
common people
也 jaa5
also
too
(in Classical Chinese) final particle implying affirmation
neither
either
even
as well
still
likewise
知 zi3
an alternative form for 智,wisdom
他 to1
he or him
(used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant)
(used before sb's name for emphasis)
(used as a meaningless mock object)
other
another
十分 sap6 fan1
very
能幹 nang4 gon1
competent
和 wo4
and
正直 zeng3 zik6
upright

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