How to pronounce 故意 in Cantonese (12 out of 16):

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故意遲兩天先去
He was deliberately two days late.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
故意 gu3 yi3
deliberately
zi6
to await
by the time
loeng5
two
both
some
a few
tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1
16 of a catty 斤jīn [斤] (old)
a group of about ten people
tin1
day
sky
heaven
natural
given by nature
god
season
weather
emperor
imperial
the most important thing in life
husband
celestial
above one's head
the cover of a coffin
sin3
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then
heoi3
to go
to go to (a place)
to cause to go or send (sb)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
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