How to pronounce 前後 in Cantonese (15 out of 31):

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即是他們在蘇利南獨立前後就已經到了荷蘭
That means they arrived in the Netherlands before the independence of Suriname.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

即是 zik1 si6
that is
他們 taa1 mun4
they
zoi6
(located) at
(to be) in
to exist
in the middle of doing sth
(indicating an action in progress)
to depend on
to rest with
to be alive
蘇利南 su1 lei6 naam4
Suriname
獨立 duk6 laap6
independent
前後 cin4 hau6
(noun) 1. Front and back; (of sequence) One go first and the next one goes after the other
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
已經 ji5 ging1
already
到了 dou3 le5
arrived
荷蘭 ho4 laan4
Holland
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