How to pronounce 三言兩語 in Cantonese (4 out of 4):

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因為以前的人不懂說三言兩語，只會說廣東話

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

因為 jan1 wai6
due to
以前 yi5 cin4
before
的 dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
懂 dung2
(verb) Know
說 syut3
to speak
to say
to explain
to scold
to tell off
a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)
to criticize
to try to influence someone to do something
to mean
三言兩語 saam1 jin4 loeng5 jyu5
in a few words
只會 zi2 wui5
only know
廣東話 gwong2 dung1 waa2
Cantonese

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