How to pronounce 老人家 in Cantonese (107 out of 147):

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比如說老人家們坐太久
Whenever the ahjussi or ahjumma wants to stand up after sitting for a long period of time,

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

比如 bei2 jyu4
such as
說 syut3
to speak
to say
to explain
to scold
to tell off
a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)
to criticize
to try to influence someone to do something
to mean
老人家 lou5 jan4 gaa1
(noun) General term to call a senior
們 mun4
suffix for plural form
坐 zo6
to sit
to take a seat
to take (a bus, airplane etc)
to bear fruit
variant of 座zuò [座]
a seat
for a building to have its back towards
to put something on a fire
to be sentenced
太 taai3
(adjective) (of generations) 1. Great-grand; (noun)
Great-grand mother or father; (Reduplication) "太太" =
wife; 2. Mrs.
久 gau2
(long) time
(long) duration of time
old

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