How to pronounce 嘛 in Cantonese (34 out of 1633):

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wehhh~咁樣摸你架嘛係咪先~
Uhhh. That's how I touched you.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

咁 gam3
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
樣 joeng2
manner
pattern
way
appearance
shape
classifier: kind, type
sample
variety
style
type
摸 mou4
an alternative form for 摹, to imitate
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
架 gaa3
to support
classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc
to prop up
fight
quarrel
嘛 maa4
used in transliteration, such as in 'lama'
係咪 hai6 mai6
used in asking questions in conversations, similar to saying "is it ….?"; "Isn't it?"
"Yes or no?"
先 sin3
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then

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