How to pronounce 上班族 in Cantonese (7 out of 8):

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很多上班族家也不回 洗個臉就上班...太厲害了

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

很多 han2 do1
noun; a lot of
上班族 seung6 baan1 zuk6
salaried workers
家 ze1
used as an expletive at the end of a sentence
也不 jaa5 bat1
also not; neither
回 wui4
return
洗 sin2
a surname
個 go3
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
臉 lim5
face M: 张zhāng [张]
个gè [个]
reputation
dignity
honour
countenance
front part of something
cheek
就 zau6
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
上班 soeng5 baan1
go to work
太 taai3
(adjective) (of generations) 1. Great-grand; (noun)
Great-grand mother or father; (Reduplication) "太太" =
wife; 2. Mrs.
厲害 lai6 hai6
severe
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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