How to pronounce 阿太 in Cantonese (1 out of 5):

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阿太公就最叻搵啲雞魚畀我哋釣

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

阿太 aa3 taai3
an appellation to address one's great grandmother
公 gung1
public
collectively owned
common
international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar)
make public
fair
just
Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位wǔděngjuéwèi [五等爵位]
honorable (gentlemen)
father-in-law (husband' side)
male (animal)
maternal grandfather
an old man
official duties
就 zau6
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
最 zeoi3
most
the most
-est (superlative suffix)
exceedingly
extreme
叻 lak6
place names (alternative name for Singapore)
搵 man5
(literary) to wipe away (tears)
to press with one's fingers
to soak
啲 dit1
only a little bit
雞 gai1
fowl
chicken M: 只zhī [只]
(slang) prostitute
ten thousand dollars
the trigger of a gun
魚 jyu2
fish M: 条tiáo [条]
尾wěi [尾]
a surname
KangXi radical 195
a reptile
to fish
畀 bei3
to confer on
to give to
to let
to allow
by
to
have been
我哋 ngo5 dei6
(pronoun) we; us
釣 diu3
to fish with a hook and bait
to tempt
to lure
a fishhook

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