How to pronounce 巴西 in Cantonese (8 out of 13):

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當時 已經做左十幾年世衛呀頭既巴西
He had been a Brazilian for decades.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

當時 dong1 si4
back then
已經 ji5 ging1
already
zou6
to do
to make
to produce
to write
to compose
to act as
to engage in
to hold (a party)
to be
to become
to function (in some capacity)
to serve as
to be used for
to form (a bond or relationship)
to pretend
to feign
to act a part
to put on appearance
to fight
to kill
to trick
to have sex
zo2
left
the Left (politics)
east
unorthodox
queer
wrong
differing
opposite
variant of 佐zuǒ [佐]
clumsy
awkward
queer
odd
bigoted
to be demoted
a surname
used after a verb as a marker to show that the action has been completed
used after an adjective to show a change in a state
十幾 sap6 gei2
about ten
nin4
year
世衛 sai3 wai6
WHO (World Health Organization)
haa1
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
tau4
head
hair style
the top
end
beginning or end
a stub
remnant
chief
boss
side
aspect
first
leading
classifier for pigs or livestock M: 个gè [个]
used as a suffix
an area
a location
gei3
already
巴西 baa1 sai1
Brazil
jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
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