How to pronounce 老人家 in Cantonese (13 out of 147):

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而我家裡就有兩位九十多歲的老人家
And I had two elderly people in my 90s.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

而 nang4
an alternative form for 能,to be able
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
家 ze1
used as an expletive at the end of a sentence
裡 leoi5
lining
interior
inside
internal
within
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
有 jau6
also
again
兩 loeng5
two
both
some
a few
tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1
16 of a catty 斤jīn [斤] (old)
a group of about ten people
位 wai6
position
location
place
seat
classifier for people (honorific)
classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
throne
post
rank
status
九十 gau2 sap6
Ninety
多 do1
many
much
often
a lot of
numerous
more
in excess
how (to what extent)
multi-
Taiwan pr. [duó] when it means "how"
much better
plenty
exceed
demonstrably
歲 seoi3
classifier for years (of age)
year
year (of crop harvests)
age
的 dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
老人家 lou5 jan4 gaa1
(noun) General term to call a senior

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