How to pronounce 差不多的 in Cantonese (3 out of 12):

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你吃到差不多的時候就會有職員問你要不要喝湯
And when you're almost done eating, the staff will ask you not to drink water.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
hek3
to eat
to consume
to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
to eradicate
to destroy
to absorb
to suffer
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
差不多的 caa1 bat1 do1 dik1
almost
時候 si4 hau6
time
zau6
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
jau6
also
again
職員 zik1 jyun4
staff
man6
to ask
to inquire about
to interrogate
to hold responsible
要不 jieu3 bat1
otherwise
jiu3
important
vital
to want
to ask for
will
going to (as future auxiliary)
may
must
(used in a comparison) must be
probably
if
essential points
necessary
necessity
to desire
to need
should
jit3
husky voice
tong3
an alternative form for 燙, scald
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