How to pronounce 乾燥 in Cantonese (4 out of 8):

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不知是人爲原因還是因爲天氣炎熱乾燥，當時還特地打電話到政府報告。 I don't know if it was due to human reasons or the hot and dry weather, I even called the government to report it.
I don't know if it was due to human reasons or the hot and dry weather, I even called the government to report it.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

不知 bat1 zi1
do not know
是 si6
is
人爲 jan4 wai4
man-made
原因 jyun4 jan1
reason
還是 waan4 si6
or
因爲 jan1 wai6
because
天氣 tin1 hei3
weather
炎熱 jim4 jit6
scorching hot
乾燥 gon1 zou6
dry
當時 dong1 si4
back then
還 waan4
still
still in progress
still more
yet
even more
in addition
fairly
passably (good)
as early as
even
also
else
besides
to return (to a place)
to give back
to repay
to return something
again
to revert to the original state
特地 dak6 dei6
specially
打電話 daa2 din6 waa2
make a phone call
到 dou3
to (a place)
until (a time)
up to
to go
to arrive
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
been to
a particle used after a verb or adjective to indicate degree
extent
政府 zing3 fu2
government
報告 bou3 gou3
report
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