How to pronounce 爛尾 in Cantonese (10 out of 10):

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你立法會不給錢，那就爛尾了。 爛尾就爛尾吧！

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
立法會 laap6 faat3 wui5
Legislative Council
不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
給 kap1
to
for
for the benefit of
to give
to allow
to do sth (for sb)
(grammatical equivalent of 被)
(grammatical equivalent of 把)
(sentence intensifier)
to supply
to provide
well provided for
abundant
glib
錢 zin2
an ancient type of farming tool
那 no6
helpless
relunctantly
就 zau6
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
爛尾 laan6 mei5
unfinished (construction or project)
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
吧 baa6
(modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise)
...right?
...OK?
...I presume

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