How to pronounce 廿 in Cantonese (39 out of 52):

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如果唔系喺度住咗几廿年都唔知
I don't know if I'd have lived here for 20 years.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

如果 jyu4 gwo2
if
ng4
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
hai6
department
喺度 hai2 dou6
(slang) "here"; an expression to indicate that someone is here
around
zyu6
to live
to dwell
to stay
to reside
to stop
(suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
used after a verb to indicate a continuous state or an action which has not been completed yet
used between two verbs to indicate the two actions being performed simultaneously
used after a verb to indicate the action is temporary, similar to adding 'for now' or 'yet' after a verb
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
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
nin4
year
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
唔知 m4 zi1
don't know (spoken)
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