How to pronounce 當時 in Cantonese (115 out of 661):

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當時可能在香港賺不到太多錢
It was probably not a good income in Hong Kong.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

當時 dong1 si4
back then
可能 ho2 nang4
(modal verb) can
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
香港 hoeng1 gong2
Hong Kong
zaan6
to earn
to make a profit
to make money
gain
不到 bat1 dou3
less than
taai3
(adjective) (of generations) 1. Great-grand; (noun)
Great-grand mother or father; (Reduplication) "太太" =
wife; 2. Mrs.
do1
many
much
often
a lot of
numerous
more
in excess
how (to what extent)
multi-
Taiwan pr. [duó] when it means "how"
much better
plenty
exceed
demonstrably
zin2
an ancient type of farming tool
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