How to pronounce 両 in Cantonese (6 out of 19):

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大概12両至到斤半重一條
It's about 12 inches to a pound and a half.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

大概 daai6 koi3
probably
両 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)
至到 zi3 dou3
till (spoken)
斤 gan3
catty
weight equal to 0.5 kg
(Tw) weight equal to 0.6 kg
an axe
shrewdly
hundred (bucks)
半 bun3
half
semi-
incomplete
(after a number) and a half
in the middle
partly
very little
重 zung6
to attach importance to
important
significant
solemn
discreet
furthermore
still
even
also
valuable
in addition
一條 jat1 tiu4
a
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