How to pronounce 來不及 in Cantonese (9 out of 17):

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他來不及離開，於是二人就一起被車撞了
he didn't have time to leave, so they were both hit by the car.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

他 to1
he or him
(used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant)
(used before sb's name for emphasis)
(used as a meaningless mock object)
other
another
來不及 lai4 bat1 kap1
too late to
離開 lei4 hoi1
quit
check out
pass away
於是 jyu1 si6
(adverb) therefore
二 ji6
two
(Beijing dialect) stupid
twice
second
vice-
once more
again
double
different
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
就 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
一起 jat1 hei2
together
被 pei5
quilt
blanket
(literary) to cover
車 geoi1
war chariot
name of a chess piece in Chinese chess
撞 zong6
to knock against
to bump into
to run into
to meet by accident
to barge
to try one's luck
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

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