How to pronounce 可是 in Cantonese (54 out of 326):

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現在的文化很厲害 就是一種「你不知道他在說什麼 可是他又能寫到幾千幾萬字」
Today's culture is very powerful. It is a kind of "you don't know what they are saying, but they can write thousands or tens of thousands of words." I

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

現在 jin6 zoi6
now
的 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
文化 man4 faa3
culture
很 han2
very
厲害 lai6 hai6
severe
就是 zau6 si6
(verb) Something is…
一種 yat1 zung2
a kind
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
不知道 bat1 zi1 dou6
not knowing
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
在 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
說 syut3
to speak
to say
to explain
to scold
to tell off
a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)
to criticize
to try to influence someone to do something
to mean
什麼 sam6 mo1
what
可是 ho2 si6
however
又 jau6
(once) again
also
both... and...
and yet
(used for emphasis) anyway
and (used in the context when talking about fractions)
in adddition
能 toi4
name of a constellation
寫 se2
to write
to sketch
to compose
to write out
to describe
到 dou3
to (a place)
until (a time)
up to
to go
to arrive
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
been to
a particle used after a verb or adjective to indicate degree
extent
幾千 gei2 cin1
several thousand
幾萬 gei2 maan6
tens of thousands
字 zi6
letter
symbol
character
word M: 个gè [个]
courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
to betroth a girl
wordage
calligraphy works
contract

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