How to pronounce 廿 in Cantonese (46 out of 129):

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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
唔 ng4
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
系 hai6
department
喺度 hai2 dou6
(slang) "here"; an expression to indicate that someone is here
around
住 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
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
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
唔知 m4 zi1
don't know (spoken)

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