How to pronounce 两 in Cantonese (56 out of 340):

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你没有吃三碗糖水,只是吃了两碗半而已

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
没 mou5
not
有 jau6
also
again
吃 hek3
to eat
to consume
to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
to eradicate
to destroy
to absorb
to suffer
三 saam3
multiple times; repeatedly
碗 wun2
bowl
糖水 tong4 seoi2
(noun) dessert
只是 zi2 si6
just
了 liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret
两 loeng5
two
半 bun3
half
semi-
incomplete
(after a number) and a half
in the middle
partly
very little
而已 ji4 ji5
That's it!

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