How to pronounce 荊棘 in Cantonese (5 out of 13):

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但荊棘最後沒有被燬燒，他決定去看發生什麼事
But the bush didn't burn, so Moses decided to go and see what was happening.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

但 daan6
but
荊棘 ging1 gik1
thorn
最後 zeoi3 hau6
last
沒有 mou5 jau5
without
被 pei5
quilt
blanket
(literary) to cover
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
他 to1
he or him
(used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant)
(used before sb's name for emphasis)
(used as a meaningless mock object)
other
another
決定 kyut3 ding6
decide
去 heoi3
to go
to go to (a place)
to cause to go or send (sb)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
看 hon3
to see
to look at
to read
to watch
to visit
to call on
to consider
to regard as
to depend on
to feel (that)
(after verb) to give it a try
Watch out! (for a danger)
to consult a doctor
to judge
發生 faat3 saang1
happen
什麼 sam6 mo1
what
事 si6
matter
thing
item
work
affair M: 件jiàn [件]
桩zhuāng [桩]
回huí [回]
incident
to be engaged in
to serve

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