How to pronounce 哎 in Cantonese (3 out of 21):

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呢就發覺呢度嘅酒店真係好抵個平靚正咁就係呀我哋
And I realized that this hotel was really, really nice, and that's who we are.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

ngaai6
hey!
(interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation)
ni1
this
zau6
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
發覺 faat3 gok3
realize
呢度 ni1 dou6
(prep.) here.
koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
酒店 zau2 dim3
hotel
真係 zan1 hai6
really; very
hou3
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
zi2
to strike
go3
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
平靚正 peng4 leng3 zeng3
Bang for the buck; something cheap, good quality and fulfill my needs
gam3
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
就係 zau6 hai6
it is; exactly
haa1
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
我哋 ngo5 dei6
(pronoun) we; us
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