How to pronounce 上班 in Cantonese (125 out of 182):

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為什麼你在上班的時候打機
Why are you playing games at work?

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

為 wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
什麼 sam6 mo1
what
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
在 zoi6
(located) at
(to be) in
to exist
in the middle of doing sth
(indicating an action in progress)
to depend on
to rest with
to be alive
上班 soeng5 baan1
go to work
的 dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
時候 si4 hau6
time
打機 daa2 gei1
to play video games

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