How to pronounce 起飛 in Cantonese (8 out of 10):

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為香港日後高速發展及經濟起飛
Hong Kong is a rapidly growing and prosperous city.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

為 wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
香港 hoeng1 gong2
Hong Kong
日後 jat6 hau6
in the future
高速 gou1 cuk1
high speed
發展 faat3 zin2
develop
及 kap6
and
to reach
up to
in time for
extend
come up to
to match
to catch up with
to overtake
經濟 ging1 zai3
economics
起飛 hei2 fei1
take off
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