How to pronounce 戒 in Cantonese (15 out of 31):

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不過其實點解我會戒煙第一係健康
But the reason I quit was actually my health.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

不過 bat1 gwo3
however
其實 kei4 sat6
actually
點解 dim2 gaai2
(pronoun) why; how to explain; how come;
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
會 wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
戒 gaai3
to guard against
to exhort
to admonish or warn
to give up or stop doing sth
Buddhist monastic discipline
ring (for a finger)
a commandment
煙 jin1
cigarette or pipe tobacco M: 根gēn [根]
smoke
mist
vapour M: 缕lǚ [缕]
tobacco plant
(of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke
ace (in playing cards)
soot
opium
第一 dai6 jat1
first
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
健康 gin6 hong1
health

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