How to pronounce 才能 in Cantonese (49 out of 111):

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最長是要排隊八個小時才能買得到的
It takes eight hours to line up to buy it.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

最長 zeoi3 coeng4
the longest
si6
is
jiu3
important
vital
to want
to ask for
will
going to (as future auxiliary)
may
must
(used in a comparison) must be
probably
if
essential points
necessary
necessity
to desire
to need
should
排隊 paai4 deoi2
queue up
baat3
eight
all around
all sides
to nose around
to pry into something
describes someone who is nosy or likes to gossip
to tell
to gossip
go3
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
小時 siu2 si4
(noun) childhood
才能 coi4 nang4
(conjunction) So that (someone) can
maai5
to buy
to purchase
to bribe
to persuade
to bet
to place a bet on
to kill
to have killed
得到 dak1 dou3
got
dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
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