How to pronounce 阿 in Cantonese (49 out of 2114):

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通常阿發記都要一啲時間先過到嚟

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

通常 tung1 soeng4
normally
阿 ngo1
to curry favour with
to flatter
to pander to
發 fat3
to send out
to show (one's feeling)
to issue
to develop
to make a bundle of money
classifier for gunshots (rounds)
to emit
to dispatch
to launch
to generate
to transmit
to produce
to trigger off
to expose
to discover
to prosper
to turn into
記 gei3
to record
to note
to remember
mark
sign
classifier for blows, kicks, shots
written accounts
records
a seal
to keep in mind
a book recording notes
information
people
usually used in abbreviating the name or brandname of a shop
business
都 dou1
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
要 jiu3
important
vital
to want
to ask for
will
going to (as future auxiliary)
may
must
(used in a comparison) must be
probably
if
essential points
necessary
necessity
to desire
to need
should
一啲 jat1 di1
a bit
時間 si4 gaan3
time
先 sin3
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then
過 gwo3
(experienced action marker)
to cross
to go over
to pass (time)
to celebrate (a holiday)
to live
to get along
excessively
too-
to pass
to pass through
to go across
to surpass
to exceed
to excel
too much
mistake
fault
to transfer (funds
territory
allegiance)
到 dou3
to (a place)
until (a time)
up to
to go
to arrive
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
been to
a particle used after a verb or adjective to indicate degree
extent
嚟 lei4
used in transliteration
to come
used as a final particle to add emphasis

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