How to pronounce 一不小心 in Cantonese (4 out of 4):

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四五十年前的 但如果不換一不小心火災了

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

四 sei3
(slang) labourer
五十 ng5 sap6
fifty
年前 nin4 cin4
years ago
的 dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
但如果 dan6 jyu4 geoi3
but if
不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
換 wun6
to exchange
to change (clothes etc)
to substitute
to switch
to convert (currency)
to alter
一不小心 jat1 bat1 siu2 sam1
Accidentally
火災 fo2 zoi1
fire
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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