How to pronounce 畢業 in Cantonese (89 out of 159):

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我曾經在北京住了一年 即在我美國大學畢業之後
I lived in Beijing for a year after graduating from university in the United States.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
曾經 cang4 ging1
once
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
北京 bak1 ging1
Beijing
住 zyu6
to live
to dwell
to stay
to reside
to stop
(suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
used after a verb to indicate a continuous state or an action which has not been completed yet
used between two verbs to indicate the two actions being performed simultaneously
used after a verb to indicate the action is temporary, similar to adding 'for now' or 'yet' after a verb
了 liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret
一年 jat1 nin4
One year
即 zik1
namely
that is
i.e.
prompt
at once
at present
even if
prompted (by the occasion)
to approach
to come into contact
to assume (office)
to draw near
quickly
immediately
美國 mei5 gwok3
America
大學 daai6 hok6
university
畢業 bei6 jip6
graduate
之後 zi1 hau6
after

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