How to pronounce 鼓 in Cantonese (34 out of 73):

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去到下午我連續中了兩條金鼓
And then I went to the afternoon and I played two golden drums in a row.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

去到 heoi3 dou3
reach
下午 haa6 ng5
afternoon
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
連續 lin4 zuk6
continuous
中 zung1
within
among
in
middle
center
while (doing sth)
during
了 liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret
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
條 tiu5
strip
item
article
clause (of law or treaty)
classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers, people (in slangs) etc)
order
orderliness
ten dollars
金 gam1
gold
chemical element Au
generic term for lustrous and ductile metals
money
golden
highly respected
one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音bāyīn [八音]
wealth
weapons
precious
excellent
durable
name of a dynasty
a surname
KangXi radical 167
a match
light
flame
鼓 gu2
drum M: 通tòng [通]
面miàn [面]
to drum
to strike
to rouse
to bulge
to swell
the beating of the drum (used to denote the time during night-watch)
to sound
to pout one's lips
bulging
to applaud

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