How to pronounce 要不 in Cantonese (147 out of 173):

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要不要買牛奶? 暫時不要, 我們家還有牛奶
Do you want to buy milk? Not for now, we still have milk at home

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
牛奶 ngau4 naai5
milk
暫時 zaam6 si4
(adverb) So far
不要 bat1 jiu3
do not
我們 ngo5 mun4
we
家 ze1
used as an expletive at the end of a sentence
還有 jyun4 jau5
also

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