How to pronounce 八九 in Cantonese (1 out of 13):

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裝修同太二嘅風格有八九成相似
The style of the repair is 89% similar.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

裝修 zong1 sau1
decorate
tung4
and
taai3
(adjective) (of generations) 1. Great-grand; (noun)
Great-grand mother or father; (Reduplication) "太太" =
wife; 2. Mrs.
ji6
two
(Beijing dialect) stupid
twice
second
vice-
once more
again
double
different
koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
風格 fung1 gaak3
style
jau6
also
again
八九 baat3 gau2
short for year of 1989
seng4
to succeed
to finish
to complete
to accomplish
to become
to turn into
to be all right
OK!
one tenth
success
to amount to
whole
full
almost
nearly
capable
a surname
to settle
相似 soeng1 ci5
similar
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