How to pronounce 快要 in Cantonese (12 out of 47):

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(說到快要哭了) "不是呢, 真的叫人回來滿地可買新鮮出爐的bagel吧..."
(talking about crying) "No, really call people back to buy freshly baked bagel..."

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

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
到 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
快要 fai3 jiu3
soon
哭 huk1
to cry
to weep
了 liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret
不是 bat1 si6
is not
呢 ni1
this
真的 zan1 dik1
yes
real
叫 giu3
to shout
to call
to order
to ask
to be called
by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
to cry
to hail
to greet
to cause
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
回來 wui4 loi4
come back
滿地可 mun5 dei6 ho2
(noun) Montreal
買 maai5
to buy
to purchase
to bribe
to persuade
to bet
to place a bet on
to kill
to have killed
新鮮出爐 san1 sin1 ceot1 lou4
fresh from the oven
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
吧 baa6
(modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise)
...right?
...OK?
...I presume

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