How to pronounce 戒 in Cantonese (8 out of 15):

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吸煙是很貴的,為了身體健康還是了吧
Smoking is expensive, but you can quit for health reasons.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

吸煙 kap1 jin1
to smoke a cigarette
si6
is
han2
very
gwai3
expensive
noble
your (name), used in a polite expression
precious
costly
valuable
a surname
to esteem highly
to value
to treasure
to honour or love
honorable
honorific
part of a place name
elegant
high class
dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
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
身體健康 san1 tai2 gin6 hong1
to be in good health (usually used in greetings such as during Chinese new year or birthdays)
還是 waan4 si6
or
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
了吧 liu5 baa2
probably
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