How to pronounce 老 in Cantonese (160 out of 442):

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但啲人以為我係好老㗎喇

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

但 daan6
but
啲 dit1
only a little bit
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
以為 yi5 wai2
thought
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
係 hai6
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
好 hou3
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
老 lou5
prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
old (of people)
venerable (person)
experienced
of long standing
always
all the time
of the past
very
outdated
(of meat etc) tough
old age
abbreviation for Laotse, the founder of Taoism
a surname
to retire from official service
to become old
to honor the aged
shameless, thick-skinned
familiar term of respect for elderly people
decrepit
hardened
steady
trustworthy
dark
deep (colour)
youngest (in Beijing dialect)
parents
㗎 gaa3/ gaa4
sentence-final particle, contraction of "嘅呀" (Cantonese), to express doubt
reservation
emphasis
disapproval
see also 嘅kài [嘅]
喇 laa3
trumpet
loudspeaker'

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