How to pronounce 阿婆 in Cantonese (7 out of 16):

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你啱先嗰个阿婆坐喺度已经瞓着咗
The old lady sitting there just before you fell asleep.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
啱先 ngaam1 sin1
just then (spoken)
go3
that
those (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 那nà [那]
go3
measure word
阿婆 aa3 po4
mother's mother; grandmother
zo6
to sit
to take a seat
to take (a bus, airplane etc)
to bear fruit
variant of 座zuò [座]
a seat
for a building to have its back towards
to put something on a fire
to be sentenced
喺度 hai2 dou6
(slang) "here"; an expression to indicate that someone is here
around
ji5
already
to stop
then
afterwards
only
too much
enough!
used as a final particle to add emphasis
ging1
pass through
fan3
to sleep (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 睡shuì [睡]
to lie down
sleepy
jyu3
ing
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
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