How to pronounce 激 in Cantonese (14 out of 38):

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但點知佢哋全家不斷咁咒罵阿爺， 問佢點解唔快啲死，但其實用意就係想激醒佢，

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

但 daan6
but
點知 dim2 zi1
"how would I know?"; "who knows?"; "God knows"; "how is one to know"; "who would have thought"; "who would have guessed"; "only to"
佢哋 keoi5 dei6
(pronoun) they
全家 cyun4 gaa1
whole family
不斷 bat1 dyun6
continuously
咁 gam3
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
咒罵 zau3 maa6
curses and insults
阿爺 aa3 je4
grandpa (paternal); the government; the country
問 man6
to ask
to inquire about
to interrogate
to hold responsible
佢 heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
點解 dim2 gaai2
(pronoun) why; how to explain; how come;
唔 ng4
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
快 faai3
fast
啲 dit1
only a little bit
死 si2
to die
impassable
uncrossable
inflexible
rigid
extremely
damned
dead
death
the dead
die for (cause)
condemned to die
solid, not hollow
irreconcilable
deadly
obsolete
to the death
stubbornly
desperately
resolutely
dogmatic
in a unconscious
to do something by rote
to do something passively, without doing anything
used to emphasis the negative meaning of a word or phrase
其實 kei4 sat6
actually
用意 yung6 yi3
intention
就係 zau6 hai6
it is; exactly
想 soeng2
to think
to believe
to suppose
to wish
to want
to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)
to plan
激 gik1
to arouse
to incite
to excite
to stimulate
sharp
fierce
violent
to provoke
surge
swash of water
a quick rinse (of food) with cold water
to be overly blunt
laser
hormone
to irritate
brillant
great
cool
醒 sing2
smart
clever
showing initiative
to give (guidance
money
a slap)
to present

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