How to pronounce 八 in Cantonese (43 out of 629):

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始終八合里做的多游客生意
It's a tourist business that's always been a big deal.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

始終 ci2 zung6
always
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
做 zou6
to do
to make
to produce
to write
to compose
to act as
to engage in
to hold (a party)
to be
to become
to function (in some capacity)
to serve as
to be used for
to form (a bond or relationship)
to pretend
to feign
to act a part
to put on appearance
to fight
to kill
to trick
to have sex
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
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
游 jau6
to swim
variant of 游yóu [游]
to float
to drift
to wander
to roam
reach
section (of a river)
a surname
客 haak3
customer
visitor
guest
passenger
traveller
stranger
foreigner
someone who is engaged in a particular pursuit
a helping
portion of (a classifier)
生意 sang1 ji3
business

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