How to pronounce 要不是 in Cantonese (12 out of 13):

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要不是開袋時會不便　短一點比較容易控制

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

要不是 jiu3 bat1 si6
if not for
開 hoi1
to open
to start
to turn on
to boil
to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
to operate (a vehicle)
carat (gold)
abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文Kāi'ěrwén [开尔文]
abbr. for 开本kāiběn [开本], book format
to set up
to run
to leave
to hold (meeting
exhibition)
away
apart
aside
verb particle marking habitual aspect
袋 doi2
pouch
bag
sack
pocket
a condom
scrotum
時 si4
o'clock
time
when
hour
season
period
era
current
timely
often
continously
frequently
fashionable
opportune
sometimes…sometimes
a surname
會 wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
不便 bat1 bin6
inconvenient
短 dyun2
short
brief
to lack
weak point
fault
deficient
lacking
shortcomings
mistakes
to owe
unwise
inadequate
insufficient
一點 yat1 dim2
a bit
比較 bei2 gaau3
compare
容易 jung4 ji6
easy
控制 hung3 zai3
control

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