How to pronounce 值班 in Cantonese (4 out of 4):

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这里叫【值星室】，为什么不是叫值日室，好不好是因为通常是晚上值班所以叫这个名字呢？
This is called the "value-star room", so why not call it the "value-day room", or not, because it's usually a night shift?

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

这 ze2
this
里 lei5
li (Chinese mile)
500 meters (modern)
home
hometown
village
neighborhood
administrative unit
lane
alley
a precinct
this place
here
a surname
叫 giu3
to shout
to call
to order
to ask
to be called
by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
to cry
to hail
to greet
to cause
值星 zik6 sing1
star duty
室 sat1
room
work unit
grave
scabbard
family or clan
one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy
home
house
chamber
apartment
wife
为 wai4
for
什 zaap6
miscellaneous
assorted
么 mo1
an alternative to the word麼, a final interrogative particle
不是 bat1 si6
is not
值日 zik6 jat6
on duty
好 hou3
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
是 si6
is
因 jan1
cause
reason
because
on the basis of
as a result of
follow
通常 tung1 soeng4
normally
晚上 maan5 soeng6
(adverb) at night
值班 zik6 baan1
on duty
所以 so2 ji5
hence
个 go3
measure word
名字 ming4 zi2
name
呢 ni1
this
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