How to pronounce 老人家 in Cantonese (15 out of 147):

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我家裡有2位90幾歲的老人家

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

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
有 jau6
also
again
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
幾 gei2
how much
how many
several
a few
quite
shortly thereafter
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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