How to pronounce 甚麼事 in Cantonese (17 out of 70):

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喂, 這麼晚了是甚麼事?
Hey, what's the matter with you so late?

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

喂 wai6
hey, an interjection to call for attention
to express one's dissatisfaction
to try and make a suggestion
to feed (an animal, baby, invalid etc)
這麼 ze2 mo1
so
晚 maan5
evening
night
late
younger
junior
drawing towards the end
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
是 si6
is
甚麼事 sam6 mo1 si6
what's the matter

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