How to pronounce 先生 in Cantonese (53 out of 261):

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你這一次說 「先生 你好像印堂發黑啊？」

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
這 ze5
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
一次 jat1 ci3
once
說 syut3
to speak
to say
to explain
to scold
to tell off
a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)
to criticize
to try to influence someone to do something
to mean
先生 sin1 saang1
(used before a man's family name) Mr.
好 hou3
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
像 zoeng6
(verb) 1. Look like; (noun)
Statue; (of digital camera) 2. Pixel or amount of pixel
發 fat3
to send out
to show (one's feeling)
to issue
to develop
to make a bundle of money
classifier for gunshots (rounds)
to emit
to dispatch
to launch
to generate
to transmit
to produce
to trigger off
to expose
to discover
to prosper
to turn into
黑 hak1
black
dark
sinister
secret
shady
illegal
to hide (sth) away
to vilify
(loanword) to hack (computing)
evil
gloomy
glum (facial expression)
unlucky
unfortunate
cursed
啊 haa4
modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation
approval
surprise
appreciation
consent
request for an answer or confirmation

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