How to pronounce 道光 in Cantonese (1 out of 6):

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道光年間五次；咸豐年間兩次；同治年間兩次； 光緒年間至割讓俾日本之前都有一次，

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

道光 dou6 gwong1
Daoguang (name of a Qing dynasty emperor)
年間 nin4 gaan1
years
五 ng5
five
a surname
multifarious
次 ci3
next in sequence
second
the second (day, time etc)
secondary
vice-
sub-
infra-
inferior quality
substandard
order
sequence
hypo- (chemistry)
classifier for enumerated events: time
temporary accommodation when travelling
a surname
咸豐年 haam4 fung1 nin4
donkey years ago; many years ago [colloquial]
間 haan4
an alternative form for 閒, idle
兩 loeng5
two
both
some
a few
tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1
16 of a catty 斤jīn [斤] (old)
a group of about ten people
同治 tung4 zi6
Tongzhi (emperor)
光緒 gwong1 seoi6
Guangxu (a Qing Dynasty emperor)
至 zi3
to arrive
most
to
until
to reach
extremely
very
only then
割讓 got3 joeng6
cede
俾 pai3
a parapet
to look askance
日本 jat6 bun2
Japan
之前 zi1 cin4
before
都 dou1
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
有一次 yau5 jat1 ci3
once

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