How to pronounce 起上嚟 in Cantonese (32 out of 55):

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用起上嚟係咪真係咗慳電呀

Did you really use it to generate electricity?

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Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

用 jung6

to use

to employ

to have to

to eat or drink

expense or outlay

usefulness

hence

therefore

to apply

to operate

function

to spend

to make use

to serve as

to eat

to drink

with

to need

to exert

effect

with this

起上嚟 hei2 soeng5 lai4

(after a verb) indicating an upward movement; (after a verb or adjective) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state

係咪 hai6 mai6

used in asking questions in conversations, similar to saying "is it ….?"; "Isn't it?"

"Yes or no?"

真係 zan1 hai6

really; very

咗 zo2

Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state

completed actions

past events

change of situation

慳電 haan1 din6

electricity saving

呀 haa1

(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)

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