How to pronounce 衙門 in Cantonese (9 out of 13):

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呢座就係寨城入面嘅「衙門」 建於清朝嘉慶年間
This is the "Yamen" inside the Walled City. Built during the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty,

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

呢 ni1
this
座 zo2
seat
base
stand M: 个gè [个]
classifier for buildings, mountains and similar immovable objects
就係 zau6 hai6
it is; exactly
寨 jaai6
stockade
城 sing4
city walls
city
town M: 座zuò [座]
道dào [道]
个gè [个]
municipality
入面 jap6 min6
inside
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
衙門 ngaa4 mun4
government office in feudal China
建 gin3
to establish
to found
to set up
to build
to construct
a lunar month
a surname
to overturn
於 wu1
(literary) Oh!
Ah!
a tiger (dated term)
清朝 cing1 ciu4
Qing Dynasty
嘉慶 gaa1 hing3
Jiaqing
年間 nin4 gaan1
years

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