How to pronounce 失 in Cantonese (24 out of 36):

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不過佢哋唔知點解元帝會一夜消

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

不過 bat1 gwo3
however
佢哋 keoi5 dei6
(pronoun) they
唔知 m4 zi1
don't know (spoken)
點解 dim2 gaai2
(pronoun) why; how to explain; how come;
jyun4
unit of money (in PRC: Chinese yuan, in USA: dollar, etc)
primary
the first
origin
head
eldest
the Yuan Dynasty
a surname
dai3
emperor
god
imperial
imperialism
supreme ruler
wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
jat1
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
夜消 je6 siu1
night diminish
sat1
to lose
to miss
to fail
to make a mistake
a mistake
an error
a failure
an omission
to neglect
to let slip
as a verbal prefix, similar to 'mis-'
'mal-'
'in-'
'im-'
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