How to pronounce 年紀 in Cantonese (34 out of 48):

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因為我年紀夠大夠老先用得 But I am far gone in age and decrepitude.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

因為 jan1 wai6
due to
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
年紀 nin4 gei1
age
夠 gau3
to reach
to be enough
adequate
tired of
fed up with
too
大 taai3
an alternative form for the word太, too
老 lou5
prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
old (of people)
venerable (person)
experienced
of long standing
always
all the time
of the past
very
outdated
(of meat etc) tough
old age
abbreviation for Laotse, the founder of Taoism
a surname
to retire from official service
to become old
to honor the aged
shameless, thick-skinned
familiar term of respect for elderly people
decrepit
hardened
steady
trustworthy
dark
deep (colour)
youngest (in Beijing dialect)
parents
先 sin3
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then
用 jung6
to use
to employ
to have to
to eat or drink
expense or outlay
usefulness
hence
therefore
to apply
to operate
function
to spend
to make use
to serve as
to eat
to drink
with
to need
to exert
effect
with this
得 dak1
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
to obtain
to acquire
to get
to gain
suit
proper
ready
finished
to be satisfied
to permit
to need to
to have gone as far as to
to have even done
can
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