How to pronounce 買東西 in Cantonese (85 out of 99):

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香港人都是付得起錢買東西啦

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

香港人 hoeng1 gong2 jan4
Hong Kong people
都 dou1
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
是 si6
is
付 fu6
to pay
to hand over to
classifier for pairs or sets of things
to entrust
得 dak1
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
to obtain
to acquire
to get
to gain
suit
proper
ready
finished
to be satisfied
to permit
to need to
to have gone as far as to
to have even done
can
起 hei2
to rise
to raise
to get up
to set out
to start
to appear
to launch
to initiate (action)
to draft
to establish
to get (from a depot or counter)
verb suffix, to start
(before place or time) starting from
classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
classifier for groups: batch, group
to stand up
to go up
to happen
to take place
to uncover
錢 zin2
an ancient type of farming tool
買東西 maai5 dung1 saai3
shopping
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval

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