How to pronounce 哎呀 in Cantonese (56 out of 61):

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哎呀得返半杯咋
I got half a cup back.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

哎呀 ai1 aa3
oh
dak1
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
to obtain
to acquire
to get
to gain
suit
proper
ready
finished
to be satisfied
to permit
to need to
to have gone as far as to
to have even done
can
faan1
to return (to)
to revert to
to restore
to go back
to come back
bun3
half
semi-
incomplete
(after a number) and a half
in the middle
partly
very little
bui1
cup
zaa4
final particle meaning 'merely
only' when used in a rhetorical question
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