How to pronounce 老人家 in Cantonese (17 out of 147):

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先來聽下兩位老人家的評語先啦

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

先 sin3
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then
來 loi6
to greet and welcome guests
聽 teng1
to let
to allow
to submit
to administer
下 haa6
down
downwards
below, under, underneath
lower
later
next (week etc)
second (of two parts)
to decline
to go down
to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
inferior
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
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
評語 ping4 yu5
comments
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval

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