How to pronounce 十點鐘 in Cantonese (14 out of 15):

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今晚我哋約咗十點鐘我哋就走
We left about ten o'clock tonight.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

今晚 gam1 maan5
tonight
我哋 ngo5 dei6
(pronoun) we; us
約 joek3
to make an appointment
to invite
approximately
pact
treaty
to economize
to restrict
to reduce (a fraction)
concise
treaty
agreement
convenant
appointment
engagement
to restrain
to restrict
to control
brief
simple
咗 zo2
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
十點鐘 sap6 dim2 zung1
ten o'clock
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
走 zau2
to walk
to go
to run
to move (of vehicle)
to visit
to leave
to go away
to die (euph.)
from
through
away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走chèzǒu [撤走])
to change (shape, form, meaning)
to escape
to run away
to make a trip
to leak out
to incur loss
one's humble self
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