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

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不過因為莎草紙不能本地生產，成本高昂等原因，大約到4世紀左右
However, due to papyrus's inability to produce locally and its high cost, it

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

不過 bat1 gwo3
however
因為 jan1 wai6
due to
紙 zi2
paper M: 张zhāng [张]
沓dá [沓]
classifier for documents, letter etc
currency
bank notes
不能 bat1 nang4
cannot
本地 bun2 dei6
local
生產 sang1 caan2
production
成本 sing4 bun2
cost
高昂 gou1 ngong5
expensive
等 ting2
sort
kind
type
原因 jyun4 jan1
reason
大約 daai6 joek3
(adverb) About
到 dou3
to (a place)
until (a time)
up to
to go
to arrive
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
been to
a particle used after a verb or adjective to indicate degree
extent
世紀 sai3 gei3
century
左右 zo2 jau6
(adjective) 1. about; (noun) close subordinate

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