How to pronounce 要不 in Cantonese (116 out of 173):

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要不要買一件名牌電器給他呀

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

要不 jieu3 bat1
otherwise
要 jiu3
important
vital
to want
to ask for
will
going to (as future auxiliary)
may
must
(used in a comparison) must be
probably
if
essential points
necessary
necessity
to desire
to need
should
買 maai5
to buy
to purchase
to bribe
to persuade
to bet
to place a bet on
to kill
to have killed
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
件 gin2
item
component
classifier for events, things, clothes etc
matter
letter
document
correspondence
名牌 ming4 paai4
prestige or luxury brand
電器 din6 hei3
electrical appliances
給 kap1
to
for
for the benefit of
to give
to allow
to do sth (for sb)
(grammatical equivalent of 被)
(grammatical equivalent of 把)
(sentence intensifier)
to supply
to provide
well provided for
abundant
glib
他 to1
he or him
(used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant)
(used before sb's name for emphasis)
(used as a meaningless mock object)
other
another
呀 haa1
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)

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