How to pronounce 老板 in Cantonese (19 out of 123):

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我们起初是想喝五指毛桃汤，不过老板说已经卖完了
We wanted to have five-inch cherry blossoms, but the boss said we sold it.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
们 men2
plural suffix for pronouns
起初 hei2 co4
at first
是 si6
is
想 soeng2
to think
to believe
to suppose
to wish
to want
to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)
to plan
喝 jit3
husky voice
五指 ng5 zi2
Five fingers
毛 mou4
hair
feather
down
wool
mildew
mold
coarse or semifinished
young
raw
careless
unthinking
nervous
scared
(of currency) to devalue or depreciate
classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角jiǎo [角] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分fēn [分])
a surname
hairy
furry
woolen
flurried
too detailed
approximate
added to a statement as a way to reject or ridicule it
桃 tou4
peach
walnut
a surname
marriage
汤 tong1
soup
不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
过 go3
pass
老板 lou5 baan2
boss
说 syu3
speak
已 ji5
already
to stop
then
afterwards
only
too much
enough!
used as a final particle to add emphasis
经 ging1
pass through
卖 maai6
sell
完了 yun4 liu5
finished

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