How to pronounce 開火 in Cantonese (48 out of 55):

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將鮑魚放進去 蓋好煲蓋後開火
Put the abalone in, cover the pot, and fire

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

將 zoeng3
a military commander
a general officer
to command
鮑魚 bou6 jyu4
abalone
放進 fong3 zeon3
put in
去 heoi3
to go
to go to (a place)
to cause to go or send (sb)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
蓋 koi3
to surpass
to overwhelm
to drown out
about
around
approximately
for
because
好 hou3
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
煲 bou1
to cook slowly over a low flame
pot
saucepan
to heat
to boil in a saucepan
to stew
to simmer
to smoke cigarettes
to do something for a prolong period of time
to destroy
to crush one's enemy
後 hau6
back
behind
rear
afterwards
after
later
descendants
then
a surname
future
after next
succeeding
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

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