How to pronounce 遙 in Cantonese (15 out of 17):

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一步之遙,這麼近我們當然過來上下九步行街了
It's just a stone's throw away. So of course we came to the Shangxiajiu Pedestrian Street. I want

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

一步 jat1 bou6
one step
之 zi1
1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de [的]), ‘s 2. him 3. her 4. it 5. subordinate particle 6. this 7. that 8. these 9. those 10. to go to 11. an expletive in a phrase or a sentence with no particular meaning 12. (of road) branch
遙 jiu4
distant
remote
far
far away
這麼 ze2 mo1
so
近 kan5
near
close to
approximately
to approach
intimate
approximate
closely related
我們 ngo5 mun4
we
當然 dong1 jin4
(adverb) absolutely
過來 gwo3 loi4
come over
上下九 soeng6 haa6 gau2
Shangxiajiu-A place in Guangzhou
步行街 bou6 hang4 gaai1
pedestrian street
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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