How to pronounce 年代初 in Cantonese (1 out of 6):

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香港人大概第一批來的是在70年代至80年代初，即剛剛開始酒店業
The first Hong Kongers came probably in the 1970s and early 1980s, when they were just starting out in the hotel business.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

香港人 hoeng1 gong2 jan4
Hong Kong people
大概 daai6 koi3
probably
第一 dai6 jat1
first
批 pai1
to ascertain
to act on
to criticize
to pass on
classifier for batches, lots, military flights
tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges)
to slap
to scrape
wholesale
pie (loanword)
land allocation
to comment
to strike
to hit
to chop
來的 loi4 dik1
from
是 si6
is
在 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
年代 nin4 doi6
era
至 zi3
to arrive
most
to
until
to reach
extremely
very
only then
年代初 nin4 doi6 co1
early years
即 zik1
namely
that is
i.e.
prompt
at once
at present
even if
prompted (by the occasion)
to approach
to come into contact
to assume (office)
to draw near
quickly
immediately
剛剛 gong1 gong1
just now
開始 hoi1 ci2
begin
酒店業 zau2 dim3 jip6
hospitality industry
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