How to pronounce 做乜 in Cantonese (96 out of 104):

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咁你問我係咪需要飲八杯水嚟做乜先
So, you ask me if I need to drink eight glasses of water. First, if you drink eight glasses of water,

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

咁 gam3
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
問 man6
to ask
to inquire about
to interrogate
to hold responsible
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
係咪 hai6 mai6
used in asking questions in conversations, similar to saying "is it ….?"; "Isn't it?"
"Yes or no?"
需要 seoi1 jiu3
need
飲 jam3
to offer a drink to
八 baat3
eight
all around
all sides
to nose around
to pry into something
describes someone who is nosy or likes to gossip
to tell
to gossip
杯 bui1
cup
水 seoi2
water
river
liquid
beverage
additional charges or income
(of clothes) classifier for number of washes
lotion
juice
a surname
KangXi radical 85
money
a way to make money
low quality
poor
嚟 lei4
used in transliteration
to come
used as a final particle to add emphasis
做乜 zou6 mat1
(verb) what are you doing?; (interrogative adverbs) why
先 sin3
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then

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