How to pronounce 老人家 in Cantonese (63 out of 147):

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收两蚊鸡老人家系唔收钱嘅咁
Two dollars in retirement is not enough for the elderly.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

收 sau1
to receive
to accept
to collect
to put away
to restrain
to stop
in care of (used on address line after name)
to harvest
to regain
to take something back
to gather
to build an affiliation with someone such as to adopt
to take in
to hide
to retract
to punish
to contain
to end
to retrieve
两 loeng5
two
蚊 man4
mosquito
gnat
dollar
ten thousand
ten thousand bucks
鸡 gai1
chicken
老人家 lou5 jan4 gaa1
(noun) General term to call a senior
系 hai6
department
唔 ng4
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
钱 cin2
money
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
咁 gam3
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this

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