How to pronounce 世 in Cantonese (24 out of 130):

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同時我哋未必會清楚Travis 點解會想救Iris ，但我哋 只係見到佢作為一個為世所孤立而唔完整嘅城市人，
And we don't necessarily understand why Travis tried to save Iris, but we only see him as an isolated, imperfect urban man, who is in the world.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

同時 tung4 si4
at the same time
我哋 ngo5 dei6
(pronoun) we; us
未必 mei6 bit1
not necessarily
會 wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
清楚 ceng1 co2
clear
點解會 dim2 gaai2 wui5
why would
想 soeng2
to think
to believe
to suppose
to wish
to want
to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)
to plan
救 gau3
save
但 daan6
but
只係 zi2 hai6
only (spoken)
見到 gin3 dou2
see
佢 heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
作為 zok3 wai6
as
一個 jat1 go3
a; one
為 wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
世 sai3
life
age
generation
era
world
lifetime
epoch
descendant
noble
a surname
a period of 30 years
a form of address used between family friends of that is of a different generation
所 so2
actually
place
classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc
that which
particle introducing a relative clause or passive M: 个gè [个]
a building
a bureau
a station
an office
that which
all that
whatever
a unit
孤立 gu1 laap6
isolated
而 nang4
an alternative form for 能,to be able
唔 ng4
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
完整 jyun4 zing2
complete
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
城市 sing4 si5
city
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else

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