How to pronounce 下火 in Cantonese (3 out of 10):

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我主要都係諗住釣下火點同埋黃腳鱲
I was thinking mostly about catching fireflies and yellow-legged whales.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
主要 zyu2 jiu3
mainly
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
係 hai6
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
諗住 lam2 zyu6
thinking (spoken)
釣 diu3
to fish with a hook and bait
to tempt
to lure
a fishhook
下火 haa6 fo2
clear the internal heat in Chinese medicine
點 dim2
point
dot
drop
speck
o'clock
point (in space or time)
to draw a dot
to check on a list
to choose
to order (food in a restaurant)
to touch briefly
to hint
to light
to ignite
to pour a liquid drop by drop
(old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更gēng [更]
dot stroke in Chinese characters
classifier for items
a spot
degree
a blot
light refreshment
to mark off
to inspect
how?
to instruct
to advise (especially in 'to mislead')
to cheat
同埋 tung4 maai4
and; together with
黃腳鱲 ye4 goek3 laai1
a type of fish

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