How to pronounce 阿妹 in Cantonese (9 out of 19):

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阿妹竟然話家姐冇新意 咁可想而之
sister actually said that my sister had no new ideas. So it's understandable that

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

阿妹 aa3 mui1
younger sister
竟然 ging2 jin4
unexpectedly
話 waa6
spoken words
speech
talk
words
conversation
what sb said M: 种zhǒng [种]
席xí [席]
句jù [句]
口kǒu [口]
番fān [番]
to talk
to speak
to tell
to advise
to persuade
to think
家姐 gaa1 ze2
older sister
冇 mo5
to not have (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 没有méiyǒu [没有]
新意 san1 ji3
new ideas
咁 gam3
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
可 ho2
can
may
able to
to approve
to permit
to suit
(particle used for emphasis) certainly
very
fit
to be worth (doing)
to need (doing)
but
however
yet
actually
想 soeng2
to think
to believe
to suppose
to wish
to want
to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)
to plan
而 nang4
an alternative form for 能,to be able
之 zi1
1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de [的]), ‘s 2. him 3. her 4. it 5. subordinate particle 6. this 7. that 8. these 9. those 10. to go to 11. an expletive in a phrase or a sentence with no particular meaning 12. (of road) branch

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