How to pronounce 下午 in Cantonese (85 out of 246):

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现在的时间是下午两点多差不多三点了
It's almost two o'clock in the afternoon.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

现 jin6
appear
在 zoi6
(located) at
(to be) in
to exist
in the middle of doing sth
(indicating an action in progress)
to depend on
to rest with
to be alive
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
时 si4
time
间 gan1
duration
是 si6
is
下午 haa6 ng5
afternoon
两 loeng5
two
点 dim2
o'clock
多 do1
many
much
often
a lot of
numerous
more
in excess
how (to what extent)
multi-
Taiwan pr. [duó] when it means "how"
much better
plenty
exceed
demonstrably
差不多 caa1 bat1 do1
almost
三 saam3
multiple times; repeatedly
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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