How to pronounce 麼 in Cantonese (8 out of 74):

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

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

可想而知 ho2 soeng2 ji4 zi1
as one can imagine
這 ze5
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
間 haan4
an alternative form for 閒, idle
酒店 zau2 dim3
hotel
是 si6
is
有多 jau5 do1
surplus
麼 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
了 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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