How to pronounce 十八 in Cantonese (55 out of 64):

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還要拖是十八個月才收到這條數
and it takes 18 months to get this amount. Why

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

還 waan4
still
still in progress
still more
yet
even more
in addition
fairly
passably (good)
as early as
even
also
else
besides
to return (to a place)
to give back
to repay
to return something
again
to revert to the original state
要 jiu3
important
vital
to want
to ask for
will
going to (as future auxiliary)
may
must
(used in a comparison) must be
probably
if
essential points
necessary
necessity
to desire
to need
should
拖 to1
to drag
to tow
to trail
to hang down
to mop (the floor)
to delay
to drag on
to haul
to prolong
to procrastinate
to encumber
to implicate
to lead
a hand
to grab
to seize
是 si6
is
十八 sap6 baat1
eighteen
個月 go3 yut6
month
才 coi4
ability
talent
sb of a certain type
a capable individual
only
only then
just now
a surname
certainly
indeed
收到 sau1 dou3
received
這 ze5
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
條 tiu5
strip
item
article
clause (of law or treaty)
classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers, people (in slangs) etc)
order
orderliness
ten dollars
數 sou3
number
figure
several M: 个gè [个]
fate
an amount of money
a debt

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