How to pronounce 衙門 in Cantonese (8 out of 13):

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佢就帶頭去衙門請願，但點知就被當成係反賊；

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

佢 heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
就 zau6
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
帶頭 daai3 tau4
to lead
去 heoi3
to go
to go to (a place)
to cause to go or send (sb)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
衙門 ngaa4 mun4
government office in feudal China
請願 cing2 jyun6
to petition
但 daan6
but
點知 dim2 zi1
"how would I know?"; "who knows?"; "God knows"; "how is one to know"; "who would have thought"; "who would have guessed"; "only to"
被 pei5
quilt
blanket
(literary) to cover
當成 dong1 sung4
to regard as
係 hai6
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
反 faan3
solemn attitude
賊 caak6
thief
traitor
wily
deceitful
evil
extremely
burglar
robber

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