How to pronounce 阿妹 in Cantonese (17 out of 19):

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毛毛：唔食呀，食完阿妹就走㗎啦，唔食啦
I don’t want to eat this, my sister is leaving

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

毛毛 mou4 mou4
fuzz
唔 ng4
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
食 zi6
to feed
呀 haa1
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
食完 sik6 jyun4
to finish eating [written and colloquial]
阿妹 aa3 mui1
younger sister
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
走 zau2
to walk
to go
to run
to move (of vehicle)
to visit
to leave
to go away
to die (euph.)
from
through
away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走chèzǒu [撤走])
to change (shape, form, meaning)
to escape
to run away
to make a trip
to leak out
to incur loss
one's humble self
㗎 gaa3/ gaa4
sentence-final particle, contraction of "嘅呀" (Cantonese), to express doubt
reservation
emphasis
disapproval
see also 嘅kài [嘅]
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval

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