How to pronounce 放火 in Cantonese (7 out of 9):

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佢仲要放火燒咗我間屋呀
He even wanted to burn down my house.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

佢 heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
仲要 zung6 yiu3
moreover
放火 fong3 fo2
(verb) Provoke someone into (doing) something
燒 siu1
to burn
to cook
to stew
to bake
to roast
to heat
to boil (tea, water etc)
fever
to run a temperature
(coll.) to let things go to one's head
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
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
間屋 gaan1 nguk1
room
呀 haa1
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)

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