How to pronounce 太鼓 in Cantonese (1 out of 3):

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大人不太鼓勵你說自己的心事或情感

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

大人 daai6 jan4
(slang) when address a judge as "Your Honour"
不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
太鼓 taai3 gu2
noun; Taiko drum
勵 lai6
to encourage
to urge
to strive
to incite
to exert oneself
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
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
自己 zi6 gei3
myself
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
心事 sam1 si6
on one's mind
concern
或 waak6
maybe
perhaps
might
possibly
or
someone
slightly
情感 cing4 gam2
emotion

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