How to pronounce 佬 in Cantonese (116 out of 137):

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這兩位30多歲的牛佬就是今集主角
These two 30-something Niu Lao are the protagonists of this episode,

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

這 ze5
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
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
位 wai6
position
location
place
seat
classifier for people (honorific)
classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
throne
post
rank
status
多 do1
many
much
often
a lot of
numerous
more
in excess
how (to what extent)
multi-
Taiwan pr. [duó] when it means "how"
much better
plenty
exceed
demonstrably
歲 seoi3
classifier for years (of age)
year
year (of crop harvests)
age
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
牛 ngau4
ox
cow
bull M: 条tiáo [条]
头tóu [头]
(slang) awesome
KangXi radical 93
name of a constellation
stubborn
arrogant
a surname
佬 liu4
male (usually old)
man
guy
bloke
dude (Cantonese)
a vulgar person
就是 zau6 si6
(verb) Something is…
今 gam1
today
集 zap6
to gather
to collect
collected works
classifier for sections of a TV series etc: episode
a market
to compile
achievements
主角 zyu2 gok3
protagonist

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