How to pronounce 麼 in Cantonese (7 out of 18):

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可想而知這間酒店是有多垃圾了
You can imagine how much trash this hotel is.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

可想而知 ho2 soeng2 ji4 zi1
as one can imagine
ze5
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
haan4
an alternative form for 閒, idle
酒店 zau2 dim3
hotel
si6
is
有多 jau5 do1
surplus
mo5
suffix, used to form interrogative 什么shénme [什么], what?, indefinite 这么zhème [这么] thus, etc
exclamatory final particle
interrogative final particle
what for
why
do what
sort of
type of
insignificant
tiny
垃圾 laap6 saap3
garbage
liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret
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