How to pronounce 阿媽 in Cantonese (1 out of 164):

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平時係你阿媽煮嘢食呀
It's your mom who cooks.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

平時 ping4 si4
(noun) spare time
係 hai6
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
阿媽 aa3 maa1
mum
煮嘢食 zyu2 je5 sik6
cook
呀 haa1
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)

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