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？

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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