How to pronounce 十二 in Cantonese (50 out of 91):

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即使诶原先呢位观众所讲嘅十二宗冇咗啦

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

即使 zik6 si2
even if
诶 ngai1
eh
原先 jyun4 sin1
originally
呢 ni1
this
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
观 gun1
watch
众 jung3
many
所 so2
actually
place
classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc
that which
particle introducing a relative clause or passive M: 个gè [个]
a building
a bureau
a station
an office
that which
all that
whatever
a unit
讲 gong2
speak
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
十二 sap6 ji6
twelve
宗 zung1
school
sect
purpose
model
ancestor
clan
to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work)
classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs
lineage
ancestry
great master
冇 mo5
to not have (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 没有méiyǒu [没有]
咗 zo2
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval

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