How to pronounce 唸 in Cantonese (85 out of 86):

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我背唸「主禱文」多至二十遍
I recited the Lord's Prayer up to twenty times.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
背 bui6
to learn by heart
to recite from memory
unlucky (slang)
hard of hearing
out of date
unfashionable
ignorant
remote
唸 nim6
to read
to study (a subject)
to attend (a school)
to read aloud
to miss (sb)
idea
remembrance
twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿, 20)
to recite
to chant
to study
主禱文 zyu2 tou2 man4
Lord's Prayer
多 do1
many
much
often
a lot of
numerous
more
in excess
how (to what extent)
multi-
Taiwan pr. [duó] when it means "how"
much better
plenty
exceed
demonstrably
至 zi3
to arrive
most
to
until
to reach
extremely
very
only then
二十 yi6 sap6
twenty
遍 pin3
(noun) (of measuring character) Time (e.g. one time, two time)

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