How to pronounce 當世 in Cantonese (2 out of 3):

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缺點#1: 當世事並唔係佢預料之內, Steve Jobs係會有時喺度喊嘅...
Disadvantage #1: When the world wasn't what he expected, Steve Jobs would cry out sometimes.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

缺點 kyut3 dim2
Shortcoming
當世 dong1 sai3
contemporary
事 si6
matter
thing
item
work
affair M: 件jiàn [件]
桩zhuāng [桩]
回huí [回]
incident
to be engaged in
to serve
並 bing6
and
furthermore
also
together with
(not) at all
simultaneously
to combine
to join
to merge
equally
to be on the same level with
add emphasis when used before a negative, really (not)
side by side
唔係 m4 hai6
(phrase
adverb
noun) no, not.
佢 heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
預料 jyu6 liu6
(verb) 1. Predict; 2. Expect (something happening in future); 3. Foresee
之內 zi1 noi6
within
係 hai6
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
會 wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
有時 yau5 si4
sometimes
喺度 hai2 dou6
(slang) "here"; an expression to indicate that someone is here
around
喊 ham6
to yell
to shout
to call out for (a person)
to howl
to cry
to gossip maliciously

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