How to pronounce 嘛 in Cantonese (99 out of 1633):

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係咪好多人同你買呀嘛

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

係咪 hai6 mai6
used in asking questions in conversations, similar to saying "is it ….?"; "Isn't it?"
"Yes or no?"
好多 hou2 do1
a lot
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
同 tung4
and
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
買 maai5
to buy
to purchase
to bribe
to persuade
to bet
to place a bet on
to kill
to have killed
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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