How to pronounce 遇上 in Cantonese (4 out of 36):

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因為新開業一個月左右就遇上了這次疫情
It was a month or so after the new start.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

因為 jan1 wai6
due to
san1
new
newly
meso- (chemistry)
beginning
recent
modern
neo-
the Hsin dynasty
a surname
開業 hoi1 jip6
start a business
一個 jat1 go3
a; one
jyut6
moon
month
monthly M: 个gè [个]
轮lún [轮]
KangXi radical 74
a surname
moon-shaped
luna
a woman's confinement month after child birth
左右 zo2 jau6
(adjective) 1. about; (noun) close subordinate
zau6
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
遇上 jyu6 soeng5
to come across; to meet; to encounter; to rub up against
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
這次 ze5 ci3
this time
疫情 jik6 cing4
epidemic
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