How to pronounce 巴 in Cantonese (70 out of 234):

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咁不如你買麥巴比件波衫俾我呀

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

咁 gam3
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
不如 bat1 jyu4
not as good as
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
買 maai5
to buy
to purchase
to bribe
to persuade
to bet
to place a bet on
to kill
to have killed
麥 mak6
wheat
barley
oats
rye
a surname
巴 baa1
to long for
to wish
to cling to
to stick to
sth that sticks
close to
next to
spread open
informal abbr. for bus 巴士bāshì [巴士]
bar (unit of pressure)
nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴wěiba [尾巴], tail
part of a place name
crust that has formed as a result of heat or dryness
a quantifier for the number of slaps
a slap
arrogant
flashy
impressive
比 bei3
close
recent
until
till
to stand close together
to cling to
to collude with
件 gin2
item
component
classifier for events, things, clothes etc
matter
letter
document
correspondence
波衫 bo1 saam1
sport shirt
俾 pai3
a parapet
to look askance
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
呀 haa1
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)

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