How to pronounce 八十 in Cantonese (55 out of 56):

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八十五歲了 不是小孩子
I'm 85 years old, not a child anymore.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
八十 baat3 sap6
eighty
ng5
five
a surname
multifarious
seoi3
classifier for years (of age)
year
year (of crop harvests)
age
liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret
不是 bat1 si6
is not
小孩子 siu2 hoi2 zi2
child; kid

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