How to pronounce 嘛 in Cantonese (179 out of 1633):

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賣啲嘢食嘅係嘛?
What about selling food?

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

賣 maai6
to sell
to betray
to spare no effort
to show off or flaunt; an alternative form for 鬻, sell
child
nourish
啲 dit1
only a little bit
嘢食 je5 sik6
the general term to describe food
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
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
嘛 maa4
used in transliteration, such as in 'lama'

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