How to pronounce 住宅區 in Cantonese (5 out of 13):

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那時候就發現這一帶主要是一些比較舊的住宅區
And that's when I realized that this zone was mostly a few older residential neighborhoods.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

那時候 naa5 si4 hau6
at that time
zau6
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
發現 faat3 jyun6
discover
ze5
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
一帶 jat1 daai3
region
主要 zyu2 jiu3
mainly
si6
is
一些 jat1 se1
some
比較 bei2 gaau3
compare
gau6
old
opposite: new 新
former
worn (with age)
hundred bucks
a lump, a quantifier
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
住宅區 zu6 zaak6 keoi1
residential area
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