How to pronounce 廿 in Cantonese (23 out of 129):

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我睇咗几廿年但系船咧
I've been looking at it for decades, but I've seen a boat.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
睇 dai6
to look down upon (classical)
to see
to look at (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 看kàn [看]
to glance at
to stare at
to look after
to take care of
to consider
to believe
to watch
to read
to check
to find out
to judge
to bring up opinions
to keep an eye on
to monitor
to pay a visit
to support
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
几 gei2
how many; several
廿 jap6
twenty (20), in a limited number of set expressions
also written using banker's character 念
twentieth
twenty-odd
年 nin4
year
但 daan6
but
系 hai6
department
船 syun4
boat
咧 le5
modal particle expressing exclamation or to invite agreement

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