How to pronounce 老人家 in Cantonese (14 out of 147):

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因為擔心會在外面傳染到病菌感染到兩位老人家
They were worried that the virus would spread to the two elderly people outside.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

因為 jan1 wai6
due to
擔心 daam1 sam1
worry
會 wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
在外 zoi6 ngoi6
abroad
面 min2
face
side
surface
aspect
top
classifier for flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc
dimension
on one side
to face
superficial
personally
façade
extent
range
scale
scope
to meet
to confront
directly
one's face
respect
reputation
honour
傳染 cyun4 jam5
infect
到 dou3
to (a place)
until (a time)
up to
to go
to arrive
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
been to
a particle used after a verb or adjective to indicate degree
extent
病菌 beng6 kwan2
pathogen
感染 gam2 jim6
infect
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
老人家 lou5 jan4 gaa1
(noun) General term to call a senior

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