How to pronounce 后 in Cantonese (12 out of 722):

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自从十年八年前的事情之后
And after what happened eight decades ago,

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

自 zi6
from
self
oneself
since
private
personal
naturally
natural
since
从 cung4
from
十年八年 sap6 nin4 baat3 nin4
ten or eight years
前 cin4
front
forward
ahead
first
top (followed by a number)
future
ago
before
BC (e.g. 前293年)
former
formerly
advance
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
事情 si6 cing4
thing
之 zi1
1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de [的]), ‘s 2. him 3. her 4. it 5. subordinate particle 6. this 7. that 8. these 9. those 10. to go to 11. an expletive in a phrase or a sentence with no particular meaning 12. (of road) branch
后 hau6
empress
queen
sovereign
monarch
ruler
simplified form of後, behind, rear, after, descendants

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