How to pronounce 寶寶 in Cantonese (5 out of 99):

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寶寶呀 我以前送俾你嗰盞床頭燈壞咗就丟咗佢嘛

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

寶寶 bou2 bou2
baby
呀 haa1
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
以前 yi5 cin4
before
送 sung3
to deliver
to carry
to give (as a present)
to present (with)
to see off
to send
to dispatch
to accompany
escort somone to
to take or drive someone to
to lose
to waste
to give one's blessings
to express one's feeling to someone else
(dish
food
drink etc) to accompany something else
俾 pai3
a parapet
to look askance
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
嗰 go3
that
those (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 那nà [那]
盞 zaan2
a small cup
classifier for lamps
would merely bring about (something undesirable)
would merely waste efforts
time
床 cong4
bed
couch
classifier for beds M: 张zhāng [张]
chassis
framework
頭 tau4
head
hair style
the top
end
beginning or end
a stub
remnant
chief
boss
side
aspect
first
leading
classifier for pigs or livestock M: 个gè [个]
used as a suffix
an area
a location
燈 dang1
lamp
light
lantern M: 盏zhǎn [盏]
stock or share in a business venture
壞 waai6
bad
spoiled
broken
to break down
(suffix) to the utmost
to spoil
to ruin
to destroy
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
就 zau6
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
丟 dau1
to throw
佢 heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
嘛 maa4
used in transliteration, such as in 'lama'

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