How to pronounce 歲 in Cantonese (29 out of 697):

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呢條係18歲㗎喇呀
This is a 18-year-old.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

呢 ni1
this
條 tiu5
strip
item
article
clause (of law or treaty)
classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers, people (in slangs) etc)
order
orderliness
ten dollars
係 hai6
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
歲 seoi3
classifier for years (of age)
year
year (of crop harvests)
age
㗎 gaa3/ gaa4
sentence-final particle, contraction of "嘅呀" (Cantonese), to express doubt
reservation
emphasis
disapproval
see also 嘅kài [嘅]
喇 laa3
trumpet
loudspeaker'
呀 haa1
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)

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