How to Say "Rhythm" in Cantonese

節奏

The English phrase rhythm is translated into Cantonese as 節奏.

節奏 is used as a noun to refer to the tempo or speed of a beat, a song or a repeated event.

Meaning: tempo or speed of a beat, song, or repeated event (noun)

Is it said differently in some regions?

In Guangzhou Cantonese, the phrase 節拍 is used to refer to rhythm.

The word 節 is also the root for the word 'festival' or 'holiday' in Cantonese. Both 'rhythm' and 'holidays' share the same conceptual root of a specific 'marker' or 'point' in time.
The character 節 in 節奏 also means 'joint' or 'node' like the segments of a bamboo stalk. This reflects the idea of rhythm as a series of distinct points or intervals.
In Cantonese, 節奏 is frequently used to describe the 'pace' of a city. A fast-paced life is described as having a 'fast' 節奏, treating a lifestyle as if it were a musical composition.

當我開始愛自己嘅時候，我就唔再偷自己嘅時間，我就唔再為未來設計巨大嘅項目。今日，我只會做啲帶畀我歡樂同快樂嘅嘢，我鍾意做同埋令我心開心嘅嘢，而我會以我自己嘅方式同節奏去做。今日我叫佢做「簡單」。
As I began to love myself I quit stealing my own time, and I stopped designing huge projects for the future. Today, I only do what brings me joy and happiness, things I love to do and that make my heart cheer, and I do them in my own way and in my own rhythm. Today I call it “SIMPLICITY”.
This sentence is useful for seeing how to use 節奏 when describing one's own personal pace or way of doing things.
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這首歌的韻律非常美妙
The rhythm of this song is marvelous.
這支歌的節奏很好聽
The rhythm of this song is catchy.
呢隻歌嘅節拍真好
The rhythm of this song is really good.
呢首歌嘅節奏好快。
ni1 sau1 go1 ge3 zit3 zau3 hou2 faai3.
The rhythm of this song is very fast.

Meiling and Kam Ming are practicing music together.

美玲 Mei Ling

家明，你個節奏唔太啱。
ga1 ming4, nei5 go3 zit3 zau1 m4 taai3 ngaam4.
Kam Ming, your rhythm isn't quite right.
家明 Ka Ming

係唔係太快咗？
hai6 m4 hai6 taai3 faai3 zo2?
Is it too fast?
美玲 Mei Ling

係，你要跟住個節奏行。
hai6, nei5 jiu3 gan1 zyu6 go3 zit3 zau1 haang4.
Yes, you need to follow the rhythm.
家明 Ka Ming

好，我依家試多次。
hou2, ngo5 ji1 gaa1 si3 do1 ci3.
Okay, I'll try one more time now.

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