How to pronounce 始 in Cantonese (41 out of 233):

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喝口茶我们就开始吃吧
Let's start drinking tea.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

喝 jit3
husky voice
口 hau2
mouth
classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)
classifier for bites or mouthfuls
open end
entrance
gate
opening
person
edge or blade of a knife
a crack
KangXi radical 30
茶 caa4
Tea
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
们 men2
plural suffix for pronouns
就 zau6
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
开 hoei1
open
始 ci2
to begin
to start
then
only then
a beginning
a surname
first
吃 hek3
to eat
to consume
to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
to eradicate
to destroy
to absorb
to suffer
吧 baa6
(modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise)
...right?
...OK?
...I presume

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