CANTONESE PRONUNCIATION · SAFETY & HELP
How to say “Are they still breathing?” in Cantonese
Watch, listen, and try the phrase at your own pace.
The Cantonese phrase
佢仲有冇呼吸呀keoi5 zung6 jau5 mou5 fu1 kap1 aa3
Are they still breathing?
Video uses a saved generated-voice recording from the Canto School app library.
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Read the phrase
- English
- Are they still breathing?
- Traditional Chinese
- 佢仲有冇呼吸呀
- Jyutping
- keoi5 zung6 jau5 mou5 fu1 kap1 aa3
Look closer at this phrase
佢 (keoi5) can refer to he, she or they in this context. 仲 (zung6) means still; 有冇 (jau5 mou5) makes the yes-or-no question about 呼吸 (fu1 kap1), breathing. 呀 (aa3) is a sentence-final particle. Learn this as a language example.
The number after each Jyutping syllable marks its Cantonese tone. Listen to the whole saved recording and repeat at your own pace.
When to use it
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