How to pronounce 始 in Cantonese (53 out of 233):

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开始吃了
And they started eating.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

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
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

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