How to pronounce 着 in Cantonese (93 out of 781):

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開着個打火機啦
Open the ignition.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

開 hoi1
to open
to start
to turn on
to boil
to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
to operate (a vehicle)
carat (gold)
abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文Kāi'ěrwén [开尔文]
abbr. for 开本kāiběn [开本], book format
to set up
to run
to leave
to hold (meeting
exhibition)
away
apart
aside
verb particle marking habitual aspect
着 jyu3
ing
個 go3
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
打火機 da2 fo2 gei1
lighter
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval

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