How to pronounce 唉 in Cantonese (9 out of 181):

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

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

ngoi1
interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!)
to sigh
alas
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
si6
is
晚餐 maan5 caan1
dinner
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
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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