How to pronounce 起 in Cantonese (79 out of 1664):

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而Steve Jobs Theatre亦都係為佢而起

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

而 nang4
an alternative form for 能,to be able
亦都 jik6 dou1
also
係 hai6
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
為 wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
佢 heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
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

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