How to pronounce 遲遲 in Cantonese (6 out of 8):

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但因為官方遲遲不合S1 S2, 我們剛剛這波棄了三十多人
But because the official has been slow to merge S1 and S2, we just abandoned more than 30 people in this wave.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

但 daan6
but
因為 jan1 wai6
due to
官方 gun1 fong1
official
遲遲 ci4 ci4
slowly
不合 bat1 hap6
incompatible
我們 ngo5 mun4
we
剛剛 gong1 gong1
just now
這 ze5
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
波 bo1
wave
ripple
storm
surge
breakers
undulations
unexpected changes
ball
gear (car)
breasts
a typhoon
棄 hei3
give up
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
三十 sam1 sap6
thirty
多 do1
many
much
often
a lot of
numerous
more
in excess
how (to what extent)
multi-
Taiwan pr. [duó] when it means "how"
much better
plenty
exceed
demonstrably
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else

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