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你身高只有五呎九﹐想入籃球隊𠍁水啲噃。
nei5 san1 gou1 zi2 jau5 ng5 cek3 gau2, soeng2 jap6 laam4 kau4 deoi6*2 man3 seoi2 di1 bo3.
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Your height of five-foot-nine is not tall enough to enter the basketball team. This sentence is in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵 Level: 3 |
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nei5 - you 身高 san1 gou1 - a person's height 只有 zi2 jau5 - only have 五 ng5 - five; fifth 呎 cek3 - foot (measurement) 九 gau2 - nine 想 soeng2 - want; wish 入 jap6 - enter 籃球 laam4 kau4 - basketball 隊 deoi6 deoi2 - line; queue; team; group 𠍁水 man3 seoi2 - insufficient; barely enough; borderline 啲 di1 dit1 - some; those; a few 噃 bo3 - final particle for purpose of reminding |
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