How to pronounce 吉 in Cantonese (154 out of 228):

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上到車之後嘩呢度真係好多吉位呀
After getting on the bus, wow, there are so many empty seats here. The

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

上 soeng6
on top
upon
above
upper
previous
first (of multiple parts)
superior, highest
到 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
車 geoi1
war chariot
name of a chess piece in Chinese chess
之後 zi1 hau6
after
嘩 waa4
crashing sound
to gush forward
rushing sound
noisy
clamorous
clang
wow!
to shout
呢度 ni1 dou6
(prep.) here.
真係 zan1 hai6
really; very
好多 hou2 do1
a lot
吉 gat1
lucky
giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)
propitious
good
fortunate
auspicious
propitious
vacant
unoccupied
empty
mandarin orange
seven (triad jargon)
to inject heroin
chicken (triad jargon)
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
呀 haa1
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)

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