How to pronounce 豎起 in Cantonese (5 out of 8):

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但通常動物把耳朵豎起的原因都是這樣
But usually this is the reason why animals stand up their ears.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

但 daan6
but
通常 tung1 soeng4
normally
動物 dung6 mat6
animal
把 baa3
to hold
to contain
to grasp
to take hold of
handle
particle marking the following noun as a direct object
classifier for objects with handle
classifier for small objects: handful
to guard
to hold in place
sworn brotherhood
耳朵 ji5 do6
ear
豎起 syu6 hei2
erect
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
原因 jyun4 jan1
reason
都 dou1
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
是這樣 si6 ze2 joeng2
that's right

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