How to pronounce 卅 in Cantonese (2 out of 10):

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系民国卅八年做二点八米高有几高
In the Republic of Korea, it was eight years ago, and it was two and a half feet high.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

系 hai6
department
民 man4
the people
nationality
citizen
folk
subjects
someone in a certain occupataion, such as farmer, fisherman
国 gwok3
country
卅 saa4
thirty
八年 baat3 nin4
eight years
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
二 ji6
two
(Beijing dialect) stupid
twice
second
vice-
once more
again
double
different
点 dim2
o'clock
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
米 mai5
rice M: 粒lì [粒]
meter (classifier)
grain-like things
money
a cigarette
高 gou1
high
tall
above average
loud
your (honorific)
lofty
a high level or degree
superior
a surname
elevated
respectable
noble
expensive
old
supreme
high pitched
high quality
height
有 jau6
also
again
几 gei2
how many; several

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