How to pronounce 先生 in Cantonese (80 out of 261):

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既然螞蟻先生同蚱蜢先生你哋兩個都固執
And since Mr. Liu and Mr. Liu are both stubborn,

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

既然 gei6 jin4
since
螞蟻 maai5 ngai5
ants
先生 sin1 saang1
(used before a man's family name) Mr.
同 tung4
and
蚱蜢 jaat3 maang5
grasshopper
你哋 nei5 dei6
(pronoun – plural) you
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
都 dou1
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
固執 gu3 zat1
stubborn

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