How to pronounce 嫂 in Cantonese (2 out of 11):

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阿大嫂都死左咁多年啦
And Adolphus was dead for years.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

阿大 aa3 daai6
eldest; boss; gangster boss (spoken)
嫂 sou2
older brother's wife
sister-in-law
a form of address for a married woman who is about one's own age
都 dou1
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
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
咁多年 gam3 do1 nin4
so many years
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval

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