How to pronounce 嘛 in Cantonese (135 out of 1633):

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你係第四大城市呀嘛

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
係 hai6
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
第四 dai6 sei3
the fourth
大城市 daai6 sing4 si5
big city
呀 haa1
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
嘛 maa4
used in transliteration, such as in 'lama'

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