How to pronounce 要不 in Cantonese (23 out of 173):

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不知道今天人多不多呢？今天来晚了不知道要不要排队呢？
Do you know how many people are in line today? Do you know how many people are in line tonight?

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

不知道 bat1 zi1 dou6
not knowing
今天 gam1 tin1
today
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
多 do1
many
much
often
a lot of
numerous
more
in excess
how (to what extent)
multi-
Taiwan pr. [duó] when it means "how"
much better
plenty
exceed
demonstrably
不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
呢 ni1
this
来 loi4
come
晚 maan5
evening
night
late
younger
junior
drawing towards the end
了 liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret
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
排 pik1
a handcart
队 deoi6
team

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