How to pronounce 否 in Cantonese (57 out of 97):

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說：「你們也要去到埃及，否測我們會餓死，兒子們去到埃及準備買糧
saying, "You too must go to Egypt, or we will starve to death." The sons went to Egypt to buy food.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

說 syut3
to speak
to say
to explain
to scold
to tell off
a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)
to criticize
to try to influence someone to do something
to mean
你們 nei5 mun4
you (plural)
也 jaa5
also
too
(in Classical Chinese) final particle implying affirmation
neither
either
even
as well
still
likewise
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
去到 heoi3 dou3
reach
埃及 ngai4 kap1
Egypt
否 pei5
bad
wicked
evil
to criticize
to censure
測 cak1
to survey
to measure
to conjecture
to guess
to speculate
我們 ngo5 mun4
we
會 wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
餓死 ngo6 sei2
to starve to death
兒子 ji4 zi2
son
們 mun4
suffix for plural form
準備 zeon2 bei6
(verb) to get ready
買 maai5
to buy
to purchase
to bribe
to persuade
to bet
to place a bet on
to kill
to have killed
糧 loeng4
grain
food
provisions
agricultural tax paid in grain
salary

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