How to pronounce 阿爸 in Cantonese (36 out of 51):

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佢阿爸阿妈就要剪头发噶啦嘛
Your parents have to cut their hair

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

佢 heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
阿爸 aa3 baa4
dad
阿 ngo1
to curry favour with
to flatter
to pander to
妈 maa1
mom
就要 zau6 jiu3
about to
剪 zin2
scissors
shears
clippers M: 把bǎ [把]
to cut with scissors
to trim
to wipe out or exterminate
to divide
to separate
头 tau4
head
发 faat3
send
噶 got3
phonetic ga (used in rendering Tibetan and Mongolian sounds)
Tibetan Ge: language of Buddha
(dialect) final particle similar to 了le [了] (esp. in Yunnan)
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval
嘛 maa4
used in transliteration, such as in 'lama'

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