How to pronounce 八九 in Cantonese (1 out of 34):

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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
同 tung4
and
太 taai3
(adjective) (of generations) 1. Great-grand; (noun)
Great-grand mother or father; (Reduplication) "太太" =
wife; 2. Mrs.
二 ji6
two
(Beijing dialect) stupid
twice
second
vice-
once more
again
double
different
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
風格 fung1 gaak3
style
有 jau6
also
again
八九 baat3 gau2
short for year of 1989
成 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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