How to pronounce 唉 in Cantonese (120 out of 393):

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唉，算啦。講咗好耐啦
Well, let's see. It's been a long time.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

唉 ngoi1
interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!)
to sigh
alas
算 syun3
to regard as
to figure
to calculate
to compute
to count
to plan
to guess
to suppose
to reckon
to include
to count in
as
to consider
to matter
let it be
that's enough
finally
at long last
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval
講 gong2
(verb) to tell
咗 zo2
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
好耐 hou2 noi6
a very long time

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