How to pronounce 開戰 in Cantonese (19 out of 21):

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看着電視新聞、怎料當晚真的開戰了。
watching the news on TV. But to my surprise, war really broke out that night.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

看着 hon3 zoek6
look at
電視 din6 si6
(noun) TV show
新聞 san1 man4
news
怎 fim2
how
why
what
料 liu6
to expect
to anticipate
to guess
to attend to
to take care of
當晚 dong1 maan5
that evening
真的 zan1 dik1
yes
real
開戰 hui1 zin3
start war
了 liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret

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