How to pronounce 廿 in Cantonese (116 out of 129):

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在香港廿零三十年都OK啦 已舊啦
In Hong Kong 20 or 30 years is OK already old

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

在 zoi6
(located) at
(to be) in
to exist
in the middle of doing sth
(indicating an action in progress)
to depend on
to rest with
to be alive
香港 hoeng1 gong2
Hong Kong
廿 jap6
twenty (20), in a limited number of set expressions
also written using banker's character 念
twentieth
twenty-odd
零 ling4
zero
nought
zero sign
fractional
fragmentary
odd (of numbers)
(placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one)
fraction
(in mathematics) remainder (after division)
extra
to wither and fall
to wither
三十 sam1 sap6
thirty
年 nin4
year
都 dou1
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval
已 ji5
already
to stop
then
afterwards
only
too much
enough!
used as a final particle to add emphasis
舊 gau6
old
opposite: new 新
former
worn (with age)
hundred bucks
a lump, a quantifier

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