How to pronounce 唉 in Cantonese (9 out of 393):

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唉，說是說晚餐，還不就是午餐？
Well, is it dinner or lunch?

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

唉 ngoi1
interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!)
to sigh
alas
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
是 si6
is
晚餐 maan5 caan1
dinner
還 waan4
still
still in progress
still more
yet
even more
in addition
fairly
passably (good)
as early as
even
also
else
besides
to return (to a place)
to give back
to repay
to return something
again
to revert to the original state
不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
就是 zau6 si6
(verb) Something is…
午餐 ng5 caan1
lunch

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