How to pronounce 媽 in Cantonese (88 out of 104):

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米媽是必然的
Motherhood is inevitable.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

米 mai5
rice M: 粒lì [粒]
meter (classifier)
grain-like things
money
a cigarette
媽 maa5
Mazu
Matsu
Ma-tsu, a patron goddess in Chinese legends
是必 si6 bit1
it must be; there must be
然 jin4
correct
right
so
thus
like this
–ly
nevertheless
to promise
to pledge
if so
to burn
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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