How to pronounce 但是 in Cantonese (141 out of 3360):

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騙徒浪費了時間但是沒有浪費錢
The fraudsters waste time, but not money.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

騙徒 pin3 tou4
swindler
浪費 long6 fai3
waste
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
時間 si4 gaan3
time
但是 daan6 si6
but
沒有 mou5 jau5
without
錢 zin2
an ancient type of farming tool

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