How to pronounce 明知 in Cantonese (8 out of 11):

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但係主角群明知死緊人冧緊樓
But the main cast knew that people were dying in the building.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

但係 daan6 hai6
(conjunction) but
主角 zyu2 gok3
protagonist
群 kwan4
group
crowd
flock, herd, pack etc
numerous
to join with
to associate with
明知 ming4 zi1
knowing full well
死 si2
to die
impassable
uncrossable
inflexible
rigid
extremely
damned
dead
death
the dead
die for (cause)
condemned to die
solid, not hollow
irreconcilable
deadly
obsolete
to the death
stubbornly
desperately
resolutely
dogmatic
in a unconscious
to do something by rote
to do something passively, without doing anything
used to emphasis the negative meaning of a word or phrase
緊 gan2
tight
strict
close at hand
near
urgent
tense
hard up
short of money
to tighten
taut
firm
secure
tight (short of money)
placed afte a verb to indicate an ongoing
continuous
non-stopping action
fast
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
冧 lam3
(Cantonese) to topple
to collapse
to kill someone
樓 lau2
house with more than 1 story
storied building
floor M: 层céng [层]
座zuò [座]
栋dòng [栋]
flat
apartment
a surname
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