How to pronounce 鑽木取火 in Cantonese (3 out of 4):

終於俾佢搵到咗鑽木取火嘅方法
He finally found a way to catch fire.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

終於 zung1 jyu6
finally
俾 pai3
a parapet
to look askance
佢 heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
搵到 wan2 dou2
found
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
鑽木取火 zyun3 muk6 ceoi2 fo2
drill wood to make fire
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
方法 fong1 faat3
method

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