How to pronounce 廿 in Cantonese (85 out of 129):

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大概廿零三廿岁嘅时候咧
when he was about 20, 30 or 20 years old

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

大概 daai6 koi3
probably
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 saam3
multiple times; repeatedly
岁 seoi3
year old
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
时 si4
time
候 hau6
to wait
to inquire after
to watch
season
climate
(old) period of five days
to expect
to visit
to greet
condition
咧 le5
modal particle expressing exclamation or to invite agreement

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