How to pronounce 姨媽 in Cantonese (6 out of 9):

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有個姨媽姑姊可能是住在美國的

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

有 jau6
also
again
個 go3
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
姨媽 yi4 maa1
aunt
姑 gu1
paternal aunt
husband's sister
husband's mother (old)
nun
for the time being (literary)
(country) girl
a general term for unmarried women
a female relative
a gay man
gay men
姊 ze2
older sister (variant of 姐)
可能 ho2 nang4
(modal verb) can
是 si6
is
住 zyu6
to live
to dwell
to stay
to reside
to stop
(suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
used after a verb to indicate a continuous state or an action which has not been completed yet
used between two verbs to indicate the two actions being performed simultaneously
used after a verb to indicate the action is temporary, similar to adding 'for now' or 'yet' after a verb
在 zoi6
(located) at
(to be) in
to exist
in the middle of doing sth
(indicating an action in progress)
to depend on
to rest with
to be alive
美國 mei5 gwok3
America
的 dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force

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