How to pronounce 老人 in Cantonese (63 out of 73):

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曾經看到一位獨腳的老人啦
seeing a one-legged old man.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

曾經 cang4 ging1
once
看到 hon3 dou3
can see
一 jat1
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
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
獨 duk6
alone
independent
single
sole
only
uniquely
childless
solitude
used to emphasize an interrogative phrase
腳 gok3
role to play a character in a play
show
movie etc
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 lou5 jan4
elderly person
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval

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