How to pronounce 遲 in Cantonese (93 out of 269):

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佢故意遲兩天先去
He was deliberately two days late.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

佢 heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
故意 gu3 yi3
deliberately
遲 zi6
to await
by the time
兩 loeng5
two
both
some
a few
tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1
16 of a catty 斤jīn [斤] (old)
a group of about ten people
天 tin1
day
sky
heaven
natural
given by nature
god
season
weather
emperor
imperial
the most important thing in life
husband
celestial
above one's head
the cover of a coffin
先 sin3
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then
去 heoi3
to go
to go to (a place)
to cause to go or send (sb)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed

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