How to pronounce 大概 in Cantonese (78 out of 417):

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有一個記者就是他之前在香港住過,大概8、90年代的時候
There was a reporter who lived in Hong Kong before, in the 1980s and 1990s.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

jau6
also
again
一個 jat1 go3
a; one
記者 gei3 ze2
journalist
就是 zau6 si6
(verb) Something is…
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
之前 zi1 cin4
before
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
香港 hoeng1 gong2
Hong Kong
zyu6
to live
to dwell
to stay
to reside
to stop
(suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
used after a verb to indicate a continuous state or an action which has not been completed yet
used between two verbs to indicate the two actions being performed simultaneously
used after a verb to indicate the action is temporary, similar to adding 'for now' or 'yet' after a verb
gwo3
(experienced action marker)
to cross
to go over
to pass (time)
to celebrate (a holiday)
to live
to get along
excessively
too-
to pass
to pass through
to go across
to surpass
to exceed
to excel
too much
mistake
fault
to transfer (funds
territory
allegiance)
大概 daai6 koi3
probably
年代 nin4 doi6
era
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
時候 si4 hau6
time
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