How to pronounce 倒 in Cantonese (90 out of 142):

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原來收繩嘅時候埋阿立條繩
And it turned out that the tree was burning.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

原來 yun4 loi4
originally
sau1
to receive
to accept
to collect
to put away
to restrain
to stop
in care of (used on address line after name)
to harvest
to regain
to take something back
to gather
to build an affiliation with someone such as to adopt
to take in
to hide
to retract
to punish
to contain
to end
to retrieve
sing2
rope M: 根gēn [根]
string
cord
koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
時候 si4 hau6
time
dou2
to pour
to throw out
to dump
to topple
to overthrow
to collapse
to fail (business)
malfunction
shift
move around
to fall over
maai4
to bury
to conceal
to hide
to settle (an account)
to close out
to finish up
to move closer to
closer together
as well
ngo1
to curry favour with
to flatter
to pander to
lap6
to stand
to set up
to establish
to lay down
to draw up (an agreement)
at once
immediately
to ascend the throne
upright
standing
to appoint
to designate
to exist
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
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