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

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诶 好多人喺广州做官都会有得继续上升噶

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

诶 ngai1
eh
好多 hou2 do1
a lot
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
喺 hai2
in
广 shop
broad
州 zau1
prefecture
(old) province
(old) administrative division
state (e.g. of US)
oblast (Russia)
canton (Switzerland)
continent
to settle in a place
place surrounded by water
做官 zou6 gun1
to be an official
都 dou1
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
会 will
can
有得 jau5 dak1
has
继 gai3
continue
续 zuk6
continue
上升 soeng5 sing1
rise
噶 got3
phonetic ga (used in rendering Tibetan and Mongolian sounds)
Tibetan Ge: language of Buddha
(dialect) final particle similar to 了le [了] (esp. in Yunnan)

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