How to pronounce 放火 in Cantonese (5 out of 9):

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但佢哋喺及後都放火焚燒唔同親政府組織嘅會館， 佔領咗中央廣播電台。

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

但 daan6
but
佢哋 keoi5 dei6
(pronoun) they
喺 hai2
in
及 kap6
and
to reach
up to
in time for
extend
come up to
to match
to catch up with
to overtake
後 hau6
back
behind
rear
afterwards
after
later
descendants
then
a surname
future
after next
succeeding
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
放火 fong3 fo2
(verb) Provoke someone into (doing) something
焚燒 fan4 siu1
burn
唔同 m4 tung4
different
親 can3
family or family members related by marriage
政府 zing3 fu2
government
組織 zu2 zik1
organization
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
會館 wui2 gun2
clubhouse
佔領 zim6 ling5
to occupy
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
中央 zung1 joeng1
central
廣播 gwong2 bo3
broadcast; to broadcast
電台 din6 toi4
radio station

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