How to pronounce 媽 in Cantonese (12 out of 392):

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( 給媽媽的話 ) 呀媽當你嚟咗日本啦

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

給 kap1
to
for
for the benefit of
to give
to allow
to do sth (for sb)
(grammatical equivalent of 被)
(grammatical equivalent of 把)
(sentence intensifier)
to supply
to provide
well provided for
abundant
glib
媽媽 maa1 maa
mother
的話 dik1 waa6
if
呀 haa1
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
媽 maa5
Mazu
Matsu
Ma-tsu, a patron goddess in Chinese legends
當 dong3
right
trap
trick
pawn
to regard as
to pawn
thought
fit
proper
safe
appropriate
to treat as
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
嚟 lei4
used in transliteration
to come
used as a final particle to add emphasis
咗 zo2
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
日本 jat6 bun2
Japan
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval

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