How to pronounce 八九 in Cantonese (18 out of 34):

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例如That’s Life咁， 本來呢首歌講嘅係人生不如意事十常八九，
Like That's Life, the song is about life being bad.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

例如 lai6 jyu4
for example
咁 gam3
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
本來 bun2 loi4
(adverb) initial
呢 ni1
this
首 sau3
to confess a crime
to turn oneself in
歌 go1
song M: 支zhī [支]
首shǒu [首]
to sing
a poem that can be set to music
to chant
to praise
lyrics
講 gong2
(verb) to tell
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
係 hai6
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
人生 jan4 sang1
one's lifetime
不如 bat1 jyu4
not as good as
意 ji3
idea
meaning
thought
to think
wish
desire
intention
to expect
to anticipate
opinion
will
purpose
attention
Italy
事 si6
matter
thing
item
work
affair M: 件jiàn [件]
桩zhuāng [桩]
回huí [回]
incident
to be engaged in
to serve
十 sap6
ten
tenth
complete
completely
perfect
extremely
KangXi radical 24
常 soeng4
always
ever
often
frequently
common
general
constant
ordinarily
eternal
lasting
conventional
regular
cap of, a quantifier for drugs
八九 baat3 gau2
short for year of 1989

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