How to pronounce 窮人 in Cantonese (13 out of 14):

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問題在於，呢套戲唔單止係Arthur 或者窮人認為佢哋嘅人生失去咗意義，
The problem is that this is not just about Arthur or the poor people who feel that their lives have lost meaning.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

問題 man6 tai4
problem
在於 depends on
lies in
呢 ni1
this
套 tou3
cover
sheath
to encase
a case
to overlap
to interleave
bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names)
harness
classifier for sets, collections
tau (Greek letter Ττ)
glove
to cover with
convention
to copy
to base it on
a loop
a knot
to trick someone into taling
a trap
a trick
to slip over
to harness
to attempt to win over a friendship
favour
a condom
戲 hei3
trick
drama
play
show M: 出chū [出]
场chǎng [场]
台tái [台]
to tease
to play a joke on
to play
a performance
an act
a bluff
唔單止 m4 daan1 zi2
not only
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
或者 waak6 ze2
or
窮人 kung4 jan4
poor person
認 jing6
to recognize
to know
to admit
to understand
to enter into a certain relationship with
to offer to do something
為 wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
佢哋 keoi5 dei6
(pronoun) they
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
人生 jan4 sang1
one's lifetime
失去 sat1 heoi3
lose
咗 zo2
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
意義 yi3 ji6
meaning
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