How to pronounce 嘛 in Cantonese (97 out of 1633):

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玉林賓館啦睇落應該係民國時期㗎嘛好靚

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

玉林 juk6 lam4
Yulin
賓館 ban1 gun2
motel
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval
睇落 tai2 lok6
looks like; seems; to come across as
應該 jing1 goi1
should
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
民國 man4 gwok3
Republic of China
時期 si4 kei4
period of time
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'
好 hou3
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
靚 zing6
to make up (one's face)
to dress
(of one's dress) beautiful
smartly dressed (woman)
ornament
quiet

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