How to pronounce 麻雀 in Cantonese (22 out of 30):

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( 麻雀 ) 哈 你俾人 抵死
(Mahjong) Ha, you're being pissed

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

麻雀 maa4 zoek6
sparrow
haai1
laughter
yawn
to breath out
to stoop
used in transliteration
nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
pai3
a parapet
to look askance
jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
抵死 dai2 sei2
(adjective) deserved (death or punishment); damnable; to have brought it upon oneself; serves one right; to have it coming; deserving of the consequences; used for describing something (typically comments or remarks) that are either sharp
sardonic
cleverly thought up
to the point
patronisingly vitriolic; hilarious; (expression) "serves you right"; "you
he
she asked for it"; (interjection) too bad! (gloatingly);

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