How to pronounce 鑰匙 in Cantonese (17 out of 23):

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怎知道才敲兩下門，他就拿出一支萬用鑰匙

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

怎 fim2
how
why
what
知道 zi1 dou3
know
才 coi4
ability
talent
sb of a certain type
a capable individual
only
only then
just now
a surname
certainly
indeed
敲 haau1
to hit
to strike
to tap
to rap
to knock
to rip sb off
to overcharge
to hammer
to prod into
to tap to find out
to deduce
to make innuendos
to swindle
to blackmail
to extort
a truncheon
to beat
兩下 loeng5 haa5
two strokes
門 mun4
gate
door M: 扇shàn [扇]
gateway
doorway M: 个gè [个]
opening
valve
switch
way to do something
knack
family
house
(religious) sect
school (of thought)
class
category
phylum or division (taxonomy)
classifier for large guns
classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology
(suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)
clan
gang
key
turning point
a surname
KangXi radical 169
他 to1
he or him
(used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant)
(used before sb's name for emphasis)
(used as a meaningless mock object)
other
another
就 zau6
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
拿出 naa4 ceot1
take out
一 jat1
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
支 zi1
to support
to sustain
to erect
to raise
branch
division
to draw money
classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions
to separate
to send away
to disperse
twelve earthly branches
萬用 maan6 jung6
Universal; all-purpose
鑰匙 yeuk6 si4
key

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