How to pronounce 現今 in Cantonese (14 out of 90):

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Jordan Peele 刻意要用到呢一個聖經典故， 講嘅嘢可能就係現今嘅美國社會欺壓弱勢族群嘅情況。

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

刻意 hak1 yi3
deliberately
要 jiu3
important
vital
to want
to ask for
will
going to (as future auxiliary)
may
must
(used in a comparison) must be
probably
if
essential points
necessary
necessity
to desire
to need
should
用到 jung6 dou3
(very) to employ; to use; to apply; to utilize (of money) to spend;
呢 ni1
this
一個 jat1 go3
a; one
聖經典故 sing3 ging1 din2 gu3
Biblical story
講 gong2
(verb) to tell
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
嘢 je5
thing
matter (Cantonese)
see also 乜嘢miēyě [乜嘢]
a derogatory way to refer to a person
heroin
可能 ho2 nang4
(modal verb) can
就係 zau6 hai6
it is; exactly
現今 jin6 gam1
current
美國 mei5 gwok3
America
社會 se5 wui2
(noun) community
欺壓 hei1 aat3
oppress
弱勢 joek3 sai3
disadvantaged
族 zuk6
race
nationality
ethnicity
clan
by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族)
blood relations
tribe
class of animals
group of things with common characteristics
to execute all family members of a criminal
群 kwan4
group
crowd
flock, herd, pack etc
numerous
to join with
to associate with
情況 cing4 fong3
situation

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