How to pronounce 媽 in Cantonese (122 out of 392):

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我媽經常跟我說 不要自己一個人住啊, 驚我死左無人知

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
媽 maa5
Mazu
Matsu
Ma-tsu, a patron goddess in Chinese legends
經常 ging1 soeng4
frequently
跟 gan1
heel
to follow closely
to go with
to marry sb (of woman)
with
towards
as (compared to)
from (different from)
and (in addition to)
to accompany
to be loyal to
for a woman to be in a relationship with someone
to follow a big brother in a triad gang
說 syut3
to speak
to say
to explain
to scold
to tell off
a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)
to criticize
to try to influence someone to do something
to mean
不要 bat1 jiu3
do not
自己 zi6 gei3
myself
一個人 jat1 go3 jan4
alone
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
啊 haa4
modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation
approval
surprise
appreciation
consent
request for an answer or confirmation
驚 ging1
to startle
to be frightened
to be scared
to be alarmed
scary
surprised
violent
furious
fierce
raging
死 si2
to die
impassable
uncrossable
inflexible
rigid
extremely
damned
dead
death
the dead
die for (cause)
condemned to die
solid, not hollow
irreconcilable
deadly
obsolete
to the death
stubbornly
desperately
resolutely
dogmatic
in a unconscious
to do something by rote
to do something passively, without doing anything
used to emphasis the negative meaning of a word or phrase
左 zo2
left
the Left (politics)
east
unorthodox
queer
wrong
differing
opposite
variant of 佐zuǒ [佐]
clumsy
awkward
queer
odd
bigoted
to be demoted
a surname
used after a verb as a marker to show that the action has been completed
used after an adjective to show a change in a state
無人 mou4 jan4
no one
知 zi3
an alternative form for 智,wisdom

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