How to pronounce 要不是 in Cantonese (4 out of 13):

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要不是今天參加了
If I hadn't participated today, you wouldn't have

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

要不是 jiu3 bat1 si6
if not for
今天 gam1 tin1
today
參加 caam1 gaa1
participate in
了 liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret

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