How to pronounce 有生之年 in Cantonese (5 out of 6):

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你遇到患癌症的人，他有沒有安排在有生之年如何過?

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
遇到 jyu6 dou3
(verb) Bump into (someone)
患 waan6
get a disease
癌症 am2 zing3
cancer
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
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
他 to1
he or him
(used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant)
(used before sb's name for emphasis)
(used as a meaningless mock object)
other
another
有沒有 jau5 mut6 jau5
(verb) do you have
安排 on1 paai4
arrangement
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
有生之年 jau5 sang1 zi1 nin4
in someone's lifetime
如何 jyu4 ho4
(question) What do someone think?
過 gwo3
(experienced action marker)
to cross
to go over
to pass (time)
to celebrate (a holiday)
to live
to get along
excessively
too-
to pass
to pass through
to go across
to surpass
to exceed
to excel
too much
mistake
fault
to transfer (funds
territory
allegiance)

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