How to pronounce 但是 in Cantonese (91 out of 3360):

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但是他們請不到人
But they didn't hire anyone.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

但是 daan6 si6
but
他們 taa1 mun4
they
請 zing6
(history) for the princes (or their representatives) to have an audience with the Emperor
不到 bat1 dou3
less than
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else

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