How to pronounce 八 in Cantonese (22 out of 629):

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跟大家講深圳最出名的牛肉火鍋餐廳八合里
I'm going to tell you about the most famous beef stove in Shenzhen.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

跟 gan1
heel
to follow closely
to go with
to marry sb (of woman)
with
towards
as (compared to)
from (different from)
and (in addition to)
to accompany
to be loyal to
for a woman to be in a relationship with someone
to follow a big brother in a triad gang
大家 daai6 gaa1
everyone
講 gong2
(verb) to tell
深圳 sam1 zan3
Shenzhen
最 zeoi3
most
the most
-est (superlative suffix)
exceedingly
extreme
出名 ceot1 meng2
(adjective) 1. famous; 2. renowned
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
牛肉 ngau4 yuk6
beef
火鍋 fo2 wo1
hotpot
餐廳 caan1 teng1
restaurant
八 baat3
eight
all around
all sides
to nose around
to pry into something
describes someone who is nosy or likes to gossip
to tell
to gossip
合 ho4
a note on ancient Chinese musical scale
里 lei5
li (Chinese mile)
500 meters (modern)
home
hometown
village
neighborhood
administrative unit
lane
alley
a precinct
this place
here
a surname

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