How to pronounce 放火 in Cantonese (1 out of 2):

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船上面嘅人一落船就四周放火殺人搶掠
People on the ship would fire, kill and plunder the ship.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

syun4
boat
上面 soeng6 min6
(noun) Up stair; (figurative - old) 1. China
koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
jat1
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
落船 lok6 syun4
to board a boat (in the past when the pier is usually at a higher level compared to the boat); to disembark from a ship
boat, to go ashore (when the pier is a lower level compared to the boat
ship as is more common nowadays)
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
四周 sei3 zau1
four weeks
放火 fong3 fo2
(verb) Provoke someone into (doing) something
殺人 saat3 jan4
murder
搶掠 coeng1 leuk6
looting
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