How to pronounce 什麼 in Cantonese (42 out of 5144):

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為什麼我會買兩個呢

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

為 wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
什麼 sam6 mo1
what
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
會 wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
買 maai5
to buy
to purchase
to bribe
to persuade
to bet
to place a bet on
to kill
to have killed
兩 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)
a group of about ten people
個 go3
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
呢 ni1
this

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