How to pronounce 下班 in Cantonese (9 out of 45):

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可能因为今天他们餐厅接近下班的时候了
Maybe because their restaurant is close to going to work today.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

可能 ho2 nang4
(modal verb) can
因 jan1
cause
reason
because
on the basis of
as a result of
follow
为 wai4
for
今天 gam1 tin1
today
他 to1
he or him
(used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant)
(used before sb's name for emphasis)
(used as a meaningless mock object)
other
another
们 men2
plural suffix for pronouns
餐 caan1
meal
to eat
classifier for meals, scolding, beating
a fix
dose of drug
a sex session
厅 ting1
hall
接近 zip3 gan6
approach
下班 haa6 baan1
finish 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
时 si4
time
候 hau6
to wait
to inquire after
to watch
season
climate
(old) period of five days
to expect
to visit
to greet
condition
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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