How to pronounce 酒樓 in Cantonese (39 out of 127):

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食啦酒樓先食㗎嘛
Eat the bar.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

食 zi6
to feed
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval
酒樓 zau2 lau4
restaurant
先 sin3
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then
㗎 gaa3/ gaa4
sentence-final particle, contraction of "嘅呀" (Cantonese), to express doubt
reservation
emphasis
disapproval
see also 嘅kài [嘅]
嘛 maa4
used in transliteration, such as in 'lama'

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