How to pronounce 貝 in Cantonese (97 out of 98):

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四隻刀貝有兩隻不開口

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

四 sei3
(slang) labourer
隻 zek3
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
single
alone
one only
one of pair
month (in prison sentence)
刀 dou1
knife
貝 bui3
cowrie
shellfish
currency (archaic)
有 jau6
also
again
兩 loeng5
two
both
some
a few
tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1
16 of a catty 斤jīn [斤] (old)
a group of about ten people
不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
開口 hoi1 hau2
to request or ask for

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