How to pronounce 嘛 in Cantonese (119 out of 1633):

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你自己鍾意聽唔聽㗎嘛出嚟
You like to hear it.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
自己 zi6 gei3
myself
鍾意 zung1 ji3
to like
聽 teng1
to let
to allow
to submit
to administer
唔 ng4
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
㗎 gaa3/ gaa4
sentence-final particle, contraction of "嘅呀" (Cantonese), to express doubt
reservation
emphasis
disapproval
see also 嘅kài [嘅]
嘛 maa4
used in transliteration, such as in 'lama'
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
嚟 lei4
used in transliteration
to come
used as a final particle to add emphasis

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