How to pronounce 起 in Cantonese (59 out of 1664):

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下起大雨來
It rained.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

下 haa6
down
downwards
below, under, underneath
lower
later
next (week etc)
second (of two parts)
to decline
to go down
to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
inferior
起 hei2
to rise
to raise
to get up
to set out
to start
to appear
to launch
to initiate (action)
to draft
to establish
to get (from a depot or counter)
verb suffix, to start
(before place or time) starting from
classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
classifier for groups: batch, group
to stand up
to go up
to happen
to take place
to uncover
大雨 daai6 jyu5
heavy rain
來 loi6
to greet and welcome guests

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