<p>It is '门若闭上了 <strong>便</strong>再会无期'</p>
<p><a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/987/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">闭</a> only has one Cantonese Jyutping /bai3/ , and it is never pronounced as /pei3/ . Wang Jie pronounced it wrong.</p>
<p>譬, 屁, 媲, 嬖 all pronounced as /pei3/,  but none of them carry the meaning of 'close'</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/56/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">上</a> is pronounced as /soeng6/ when it is used as a noun or an adjective</p>
<p>e.g. upper, superior, previous</p>
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<p>~</p>
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<p>上 is pronounced as /soeng5/ when it is used as a verb or verb particle indicating direction or achievement</p>
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<p>'上' in '闭上' is a verb particle indicating achievement (close shut)</p>
<p>therefore '闭上' is pronounced as /<strong>bai3 soeng5</strong>/</p>

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I've heard quite a few non-Native Cantonese speakers mispronouncing /-ai-/ syllables as /-ei-/, probably influenced by Mandarin.
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<p>In <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi4t_jiwsv4" rel="nofollow noreferrer">能否不想你</a> (lyrics <a href="http://michelegorini.blogspot.it/2017/08/all-chinese-songs-i-have-met.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>), Wang Jie pronounces (or so it seems to my ear)</p>

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  <p>门若闭上了 变再会无期</p>
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<p>as</p>

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  <p>Mun joek pei-soeng-liu &nbsp;&nbsp; bin zoi-wui mou-kei</p>
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<p>Is this just this video or is this pronunciation actually in any way widespread, or even another word perhaps?</p>

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闭上 pronounced pei-soeng in Cantonese: just Wang Jie in this song or something more?
# 闭上 pronounced pei-soeng in Cantonese: just Wang Jie in this song or something more?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-09-24)

In [能否不想你](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi4t_jiwsv4) (lyrics [here](http://michelegorini.blogspot.it/2017/08/all-chinese-songs-i-have-met.html)), Wang Jie pronounces (or so it seems to my ear)

> 门若闭上了 变再会无期

as

> Mun joek pei-soeng-liu    bin zoi-wui mou-kei

Is this just this video or is this pronunciation actually in any way widespread, or even another word perhaps?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-09-25. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

It is '门若闭上了 **便**再会无期'

[闭](http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/987/) only has one Cantonese Jyutping /bai3/ , and it is never pronounced as /pei3/ . Wang Jie pronounced it wrong.

譬, 屁, 媲, 嬖 all pronounced as /pei3/, but none of them carry the meaning of 'close'

> [上](http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/56/) is pronounced as /soeng6/ when it is used as a noun or an adjective
>
> e.g. upper, superior, previous

~

> 上 is pronounced as /soeng5/ when it is used as a verb or verb particle indicating direction or achievement

'上' in '闭上' is a verb particle indicating achievement (close shut)

therefore '闭上' is pronounced as /**bai3 soeng5**/

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: I've heard quite a few non-Native Cantonese speakers mispronouncing /-ai-/ syllables as /-ei-/, probably influenced by Mandarin.  

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