How to pronounce 謹 in Cantonese (1 out of 2):

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堯搖搖頭說：「共工能說會道，表面恭謹，心裡另是一套。用這號人，我不放心。」

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

堯 jiu4
Yao
搖搖 jiu4 jiu2
noun; yo-yo
頭 tau4
head
hair style
the top
end
beginning or end
a stub
remnant
chief
boss
side
aspect
first
leading
classifier for pigs or livestock M: 个gè [个]
used as a suffix
an area
a location
說 syut3
to speak
to say
to explain
to scold
to tell off
a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)
to criticize
to try to influence someone to do something
to mean
表面 biu2 min6
surface
恭 gung1
respectful
reverent
polite
to wait respectfully
謹 gan2
cautious
careful
solemnly
sincerely (formal)
prudent
attentive
心 sam1
heart
mind
intention
center
core M: 颗kē [颗]
个gè [个]
conscience
KangXi radical 61
裡 leoi5
lining
interior
inside
internal
within
另 ling6
other
another
separate
separately
in addition
besides
differently
是 si6
is
一套 yat1 tou3
a set
用 jung6
to use
to employ
to have to
to eat or drink
expense or outlay
usefulness
hence
therefore
to apply
to operate
function
to spend
to make use
to serve as
to eat
to drink
with
to need
to exert
effect
with this
這 ze5
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
號 hou6
ordinal number
day of a month
mark
sign
business establishment
size
ship suffix
horn (wind instrument)
bugle call
assumed name
to take a pulse
classifier used to indicate number of people
title
designation
nickname
store
trumpet
horn
an order
to entitle
to claim
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
放心 fong3 sam1
(phrasal adverb) Don't worry!

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