How to pronounce 娶 in Cantonese (30 out of 31):

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有人娶你，好過沒人娶你嘛!
better to have someone marry you than no one marry you!

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

有人 yau5 jan4
someone has
娶 ceoi2
marry (male to female)
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
好過 hou2 gwo3
better than
沒 mei6
(negative prefix for verbs)
have not
not
to be inferior to
to sink
to submerge
to rise beyond
to confiscate
to disappear
to come to an end
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
嘛 maa4
used in transliteration, such as in 'lama'

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