How to pronounce 陪嫁 in Cantonese (3 out of 4):

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為什麼當時有陪嫁奴隸這回事呢？

Why did you marry a slave?

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Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

為 wai6

because of

for

on account of

on behalf of

by (in the passive voice)

什麼 sam6 mo1

what

當時 dong1 si4

back then

有 jau6

also

again

陪嫁 pui4 gaai3

dowry

奴隸 no6 loi4

slave

這 ze5

this

these

(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)

the

here

now

then

回事 wui4 si6

What happened

呢 ni1

this

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