Grammar 文法 Man4 faat3̌ | |
---|---|
二. Pronunciation 拼音 Ping1 yam1 | |
II. Contrastive pairs |
||||
---|---|---|---|---|
No. |
Example |
English |
Example |
English |
1 |
Best |
Liquor-saturated chicken |
||
2 |
Buy wine |
Don’t go |
||
3 |
Mrs. Ma |
Water chestnut |
||
4 |
Strange man |
Noble man |
||
5 |
Tarzan |
Stunt double |
Pronunciation hints: 1. Cantonese “aa” in “-aai” is a long vowel. Its sound is similar to “a” as in English father. However, “a” in “-ai” is a short vowel which resembles “u” as in English sun. |
---|