How to pronounce 怎麼了 in Cantonese (14 out of 27):

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你指甲怎麼了？破掉了？

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
指甲 zi2 gaap3
fingernails
怎麼了 zam2 mo1 liu5
what happened
破 po3
broken
damaged
worn out
lousy
rotten
to break, split or cleave
to get rid of
to destroy
to break with
to defeat
to capture (a city etc)
to expose the truth of
to ruin
to rout
to cut
to defeat
to beat
to solve
to spend (money, time, efforts)
掉 zaau6
to row an oar
了 liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret

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