How to pronounce 百年 in Cantonese (52 out of 59):

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好多人都問何解買百年舊屋？不買新樓呢?

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

好多 hou2 do1
a lot
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
都 dou1
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
問 man6
to ask
to inquire about
to interrogate
to hold responsible
何解 ho4 gaai2
how to solve
買 maai5
to buy
to purchase
to bribe
to persuade
to bet
to place a bet on
to kill
to have killed
百年 baak3 nin4
centenary
舊屋 gau6 nguk1
old house
不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
新 san1
new
newly
meso- (chemistry)
beginning
recent
modern
neo-
the Hsin dynasty
a surname
樓 lau2
house with more than 1 story
storied building
floor M: 层céng [层]
座zuò [座]
栋dòng [栋]
flat
apartment
a surname
呢 ni1
this

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