How to pronounce 三七 in Cantonese (6 out of 7):

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日日夜夜係咁唔理三七廿一剪咗好先啦 唔瞓覺呀

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

日日 jat6 jat6
Every day
夜夜 je6 je6
every night
係 hai6
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
咁 gam3
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
唔 ng4
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
理 lei5
texture
grain (of wood)
inner essence
intrinsic order
reason
logic
truth
science
natural science (esp. physics)
to manage
to pay attention to
to run (affairs)
to handle
to put in order
to tidy up
rationale of things
prison official
judicial officer
a surname
to polish
to regulate
to arrange
to repair
well-regulated
to review
to realize
to appreciate
to understand
orderly
三七 saam1 cat1
twenty-one
廿一 jaa6 jat1
Twenty-one
剪 zin2
scissors
shears
clippers M: 把bǎ [把]
to cut with scissors
to trim
to wipe out or exterminate
to divide
to separate
咗 zo2
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
好 hou3
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
先 sin3
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval
瞓覺 fan3 gaau3
sleep
呀 haa1
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)

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