How to pronounce 八 in Cantonese (91 out of 629):

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大約有八個座位同八個立食位

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

大約 daai6 joek3
(adverb) About
有 jau6
also
again
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
個 go3
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
座位 zo6 wai6
seat
同 tung4
and
立食 laap6 sik6
stand-up eating
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

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