How to pronounce 嘛 in Cantonese (74 out of 1633):

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老人家比例比較高 未必吃得慣生冷嘛
The proportion of older people is higher, and they don't have to eat cold.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

老人家 lou5 jan4 gaa1
(noun) General term to call a senior
比例 bei2 lai6
(noun) Ratio
比較 bei2 gaau3
compare
高 gou1
high
tall
above average
loud
your (honorific)
lofty
a high level or degree
superior
a surname
elevated
respectable
noble
expensive
old
supreme
high pitched
high quality
height
未必 mei6 bit1
not necessarily
吃 hek3
to eat
to consume
to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
to eradicate
to destroy
to absorb
to suffer
得 dak1
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
to obtain
to acquire
to get
to gain
suit
proper
ready
finished
to be satisfied
to permit
to need to
to have gone as far as to
to have even done
can
慣 gwaan3
accustomed to
used to
indulge
to spoil (a child)
habitually
habit
生冷 sang1 laang5
raw and cold
嘛 maa4
used in transliteration, such as in 'lama'

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