How to pronounce 舊時 in Cantonese (17 out of 33):

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舊時的人說你回鄉種薑
they go back to their hometown to grow ginger

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

舊時 gau6 si4
(adverb) In the past, …
的 dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
說 syut3
to speak
to say
to explain
to scold
to tell off
a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)
to criticize
to try to influence someone to do something
to mean
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
回 wui4
return
鄉 hoeng3
an alternative form for the word嚮, incline to
種 zung3
to grow
to plant
to cultivate
to vaccinate
to receive vaccination
薑 goeng1
ginger

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