How to pronounce 日治時期 in Cantonese (5 out of 8):

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就幾乎推倒所有在日治時期遺留下來的經濟基礎
It almost shattered all the economic foundations left behind by the Japanese rule.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

就 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
幾乎 gei2 lau1
almost
推倒 teoi1 dou3
to push over
overthrow
所有 so2 jau5
every
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
日治時期 yat6 ji6 si4 kei4
Japanese colonial period
遺留 yai4 lau4
leave behind
下來 haa6 loi4
come down
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
經濟基礎 ging1 zai3 gei1 co2
economic foundation
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