How to pronounce 引起 in Cantonese (30 out of 137):

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呢件事喺美國都引起咗唔少討論
This has been a subject of much debate in the United States.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

呢 ni1
this
件 gin2
item
component
classifier for events, things, clothes etc
matter
letter
document
correspondence
事 si6
matter
thing
item
work
affair M: 件jiàn [件]
桩zhuāng [桩]
回huí [回]
incident
to be engaged in
to serve
喺 hai2
in
美國 mei5 gwok3
America
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
引起 jan5 hei2
cause
咗 zo2
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
唔 ng4
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
少 siu3
young
junior
young master
used as part of terms for military ranks
討論 tou2 leon6
discuss

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