How to pronounce 開火 in Cantonese (45 out of 55):

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開火先燒熱鑊直至鐵鑊有熱度和側邊都熟成
Turn on the fire and heat the wok until the wok is hot and the sides are cooked.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

開火 hoi1 fo2
(verb) 1. To switch on (a rice cooker, light, etc.); (of cooking)
Turn on (a gas burner); (slang)
Argue; 2. Fight
先 sin3
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then
燒 siu1
to burn
to cook
to stew
to bake
to roast
to heat
to boil (tea, water etc)
fever
to run a temperature
(coll.) to let things go to one's head
熱 jit6
to warm up
to heat up
hot (of weather)
heat
fervent
fever
passionate
enthuiastic
鑊 wok6
wok (dialect)
cauldron (old)
large iron pot
pan
a problem
a situation
a conflict
a fight
sex
to fail
to mess up a situation
tinfoil used for taking drug
直至 zik6 zi3
Until
鐵 tit3
iron (metal)
arms
weapons
hard
strong
violent
unshakeable
determined
close
tight (slang)
solid
firm
cruel
merciless
ruthless
有 jau6
also
again
熱度 jit6 dou6
heat or popularity
和 wo4
and
側邊 zak1 bin1
at the side of (something or someone)
都 dou1
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
熟 suk6
cooked (of food)
ripe (of fruit)
mature (of seeds)
familiar
skilled
done
also pr. [shóu]
processed
deep
thorough
成 seng4
to succeed
to finish
to complete
to accomplish
to become
to turn into
to be all right
OK!
one tenth
success
to amount to
whole
full
almost
nearly
capable
a surname
to settle

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