How to pronounce 閉 in Cantonese (8 out of 17):

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突然閉不起來不知道為什麼誒
suddenly I can't close it, I don't know why.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

突然 dat6 jin4
out of the blue
閉 bai3
to close
to stop up
to shut
to obstruct
to block up
to stop
to conclude
to restrain
to end
不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
起來 hei2 loi4
to rise; arise
不知道 bat1 zi1 dou6
not knowing
為 wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
什麼 sam6 mo1
what
誒 oi1
hey (to express surprise)
an exclamation of confirmation

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