How to pronounce 自生自滅 in Cantonese (5 out of 8):

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人人都好大壓力，但係我就冇乜。去到而家自生自滅，
as a school student, when everyone else  was. But now that I'm sort of alone,  

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

人人 jan4 jan4
everyone
都 dou1
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
好 hou3
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
大 taai3
an alternative form for the word太, too
壓力 aat3 lik6
stress
但係 daan6 hai6
(conjunction) but
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
就冇 zyau6 mou5
don't have
乜 ne6
a surname
去到 heoi3 dou3
reach
而家 ji4 gaa1
(adverb) right now; now; this moment
自生自滅 zi6 saang1 zi6 mit6
to rise and fall on one's own; self-reliant and self-destructive

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