How to pronounce 只係 in Cantonese (146 out of 786):

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餓底嚟兩次都只係買到雞軟骨
I've been hungry twice, and I've only bought chicken and bone.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

ngo6
to be hungry
hungry
to be greedy for
dik1
an alternative form for the word的, a possessive, adjectival suffix
lei4
used in transliteration
to come
used as a final particle to add emphasis
loeng5
two
both
some
a few
tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1
16 of a catty 斤jīn [斤] (old)
a group of about ten people
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
dou1
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
只係 zi2 hai6
only (spoken)
maai5
to buy
to purchase
to bribe
to persuade
to bet
to place a bet on
to kill
to have killed
dou3
to (a place)
until (a time)
up to
to go
to arrive
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
been to
a particle used after a verb or adjective to indicate degree
extent
gai1
fowl
chicken M: 只zhī [只]
(slang) prostitute
ten thousand dollars
the trigger of a gun
軟骨 nuen4 gwat1
gristle
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