How to pronounce 四十 in Cantonese (39 out of 72):

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我四十歲我就想退休咖啦
I am 40 I want to retire it

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
四十 sei3 sap6
forty
歲 seoi3
classifier for years (of age)
year
year (of crop harvests)
age
就 zau6
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
想 soeng2
to think
to believe
to suppose
to wish
to want
to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)
to plan
退休 teoi3 jau1
retire
咖 kaa1
coffee
class
grade
phonetic transliteration such as in the word 'curry'
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval

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