How to pronounce 開先 in Cantonese (7 out of 7):

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拿開先啦 你揸住這兩個先 是啦！

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

拿 naa4
to hold
to seize
to catch
to apprehend
to take
(used in the same way as 把bǎ [把]: to mark the following noun as a direct object)
to pick up
with
to arrest
to use
to be confirmed
there!
here!
look!
to give something the finger
開先 hoi1 sin1
start first
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
揸住 zaa1 zyu6
holding (spoken)
這 ze5
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
兩 loeng5
two
both
some
a few
tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1
16 of a catty 斤jīn [斤] (old)
a group of about ten people
個 go3
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
先 sin3
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then
是 si6
is

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