How to pronounce 阿太 in Cantonese (3 out of 5):

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阿太公今日換咗個新錨

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
今日 gam1 jat6
(adverb) nowadays; today
換 wun6
to exchange
to change (clothes etc)
to substitute
to switch
to convert (currency)
to alter
咗 zo2
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
個 go3
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
新 san1
new
newly
meso- (chemistry)
beginning
recent
modern
neo-
the Hsin dynasty
a surname
錨 ngou4
anchor

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