How to pronounce 嫲嫲 in Cantonese (5 out of 9):

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嫲嫲一邊拍一邊跟我聊了一會兒
My grandmother talked to me for a while, one at a time.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

嫲嫲 maa4 maa4
paternal grandmother
一邊 jat1 bin1
one side
拍 paak2
racket (sports)
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
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
聊 liu4
to chat
to depend upon (literary)
temporarily
just
slightly
to endure
somewhat
at least
tentatively
了 liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret
一會兒 jat1 wui2 ji4
in a while
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