How to pronounce 好事 in Cantonese (4 out of 123):

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擺兩塊啦，好事成雙
Put two together, and it's a good thing.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

擺 baai2
to arrange
to exhibit
to move to and fro
a pendulum
to put
to place
to display
to swing
to sway
to put on (an expression)
兩 loeng5
two
both
some
a few
tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1
16 of a catty 斤jīn [斤] (old)
a group of about ten people
塊 faai3
lump (of earth)
chunk
piece
classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc
(coll.) classifier for money and currency units
gap
vagina
cunt
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval
好事 hou2 si6
good deed
成 seng4
to succeed
to finish
to complete
to accomplish
to become
to turn into
to be all right
OK!
one tenth
success
to amount to
whole
full
almost
nearly
capable
a surname
to settle
雙 soeng1
double
pair

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