How to pronounce 唉 in Cantonese (85 out of 393):

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唉，死啦，企左出黎，又企反入去

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

唉 ngoi1
interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!)
to sigh
alas
死 si2
to die
impassable
uncrossable
inflexible
rigid
extremely
damned
dead
death
the dead
die for (cause)
condemned to die
solid, not hollow
irreconcilable
deadly
obsolete
to the death
stubbornly
desperately
resolutely
dogmatic
in a unconscious
to do something by rote
to do something passively, without doing anything
used to emphasis the negative meaning of a word or phrase
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval
企 kei5
to plan a project
to stand on tiptoe
Taiwan pr. [qì]
abbr. for 企业qǐyè [企业]
to look forward to
to stand
左 zo2
left
the Left (politics)
east
unorthodox
queer
wrong
differing
opposite
variant of 佐zuǒ [佐]
clumsy
awkward
queer
odd
bigoted
to be demoted
a surname
used after a verb as a marker to show that the action has been completed
used after an adjective to show a change in a state
出 ceot1
to go out
to come out
to occur
to produce
to go beyond
to rise
to put forth
to happen
to grow
to have (something unpleasant occurring)
to leave
to send out
out
黎 lai4
black
a surname
numerous
many
dark
an aboriginal tribe
又 jau6
(once) again
also
both... and...
and yet
(used for emphasis) anyway
and (used in the context when talking about fractions)
in adddition
反 faan3
solemn attitude
入去 jap6 heoi3
"go in"; to enter (often used to welcome someone to enter a place)

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