How to pronounce 陛下 in Cantonese (8 out of 9):

愿陛下托臣以讨贼兴复之效
I hope Your Majesty will entrust me with the task of defeating the rebels and restoring the country. If I am

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

愿 jyun6
willing
陛下 bai3 haa5
Your Majesty
托 tok3
prop
support (for weight)
rest (e.g. arm rest)
thanks to
to hold in one's hand
to support in one's palm
to give
to base
to commit
to set
Torr (unit of pressure)
to rely on
owe to
to entrust
to rely
to plead
a tray
to carry on the shoulder
臣 san4
state official or subject in dynastic China
"Your Servant", form of address used when speaking to a ruler
to submit oneself to the rule of or acknowledge allegiance to
to serve a ruler as his subject
Kangxi radical 168
a public servant
subject or servant owing allegiance to the ruler
to subjugate or be subjugated
to regard as subject
minister
statesman
official
a modest and polite term of address for 'I'
以 jyu5
to use
by means of
according to
in order to
because of
at (a certain date or place)
consider as
讨 taau2
discuss
贼 caak6
thief
兴 hing1
aroused
复 fuk6
restore
之 zi1
1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de [的]), ‘s 2. him 3. her 4. it 5. subordinate particle 6. this 7. that 8. these 9. those 10. to go to 11. an expletive in a phrase or a sentence with no particular meaning 12. (of road) branch
效 hau6
effectiveness

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