How to pronounce 八 in Cantonese (81 out of 629):

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喺機場被扣留八次
He was arrested eight times at the airport.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

喺 hai2
in
機場 gei1 coeng4
airport
被 pei5
quilt
blanket
(literary) to cover
扣留 kau3 lau4
to detain
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
次 ci3
next in sequence
second
the second (day, time etc)
secondary
vice-
sub-
infra-
inferior quality
substandard
order
sequence
hypo- (chemistry)
classifier for enumerated events: time
temporary accommodation when travelling
a surname

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