How to pronounce 幾十 in Cantonese (39 out of 65):

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跟住老咗幾十歲咁嘅樣
And then you get older, like, a few decades old.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

跟住 gan1 zyu6
and then; and after
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outdated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
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
幾十 gei2 sap6
adj.; dozens of
tens of
歲 seoi3
classifier for years (of age)
year
year (of crop harvests)
age
咁 gam3
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
樣 joeng2
manner
pattern
way
appearance
shape
classifier: kind, type
sample
variety
style
type
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