How to pronounce 八十 in Cantonese (47 out of 56):

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我見過早前一個真實例子，一位八十多歲的男長者
I have seen a real example earlier, an 80-year-old male elderly man

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
見過 gin3 gwo3
have seen
早前 zou2 cin4
earlier
一個 jat1 go3
a; one
真實 zan1 sat6
factual; fact
例子 lai6 zi2
example
一 jat1
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
位 wai6
position
location
place
seat
classifier for people (honorific)
classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
throne
post
rank
status
八十 baat3 sap6
eighty
多 do1
many
much
often
a lot of
numerous
more
in excess
how (to what extent)
multi-
Taiwan pr. [duó] when it means "how"
much better
plenty
exceed
demonstrably
歲 seoi3
classifier for years (of age)
year
year (of crop harvests)
age
的 dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
男 naam4
male
Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位wǔděngjuéwèi [五等爵位] M: 个gè [个]
man
son
長者 coeng4 ze2
elderly

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