How to pronounce 火柴 in Cantonese (16 out of 24):

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睇住隻燒雞執到你身邊的火柴燒曬啦

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

睇住 tai2 zyu6
looking; staring; watching
隻 zek3
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
single
alone
one only
one of pair
month (in prison sentence)
燒雞 siu1 gai1
roast chicken
執到 zap1 dou3
to pick up
to have good luck or fortune
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
身邊 san1 bin1
around
的 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
火柴 fo2 caai4
matchstick
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
曬 saai3
(of the sun) to shine on
to bask in (the sunshine)
to dry (clothes, grain etc) in the sun
(fig.) to expose and share (one's experiences and thoughts) on the Web (loanword from "share")
(coll.) to give the cold shoulder to
to have very strong sunlight
to sunbathe
to show off
to flaunt
to print out photos
to sleep
to hide
to hide out
to stay
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval

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