How to pronounce 先生 in Cantonese (152 out of 261):

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話說呢今日Instagram呢位Ah健先生佢就inbox我啦
By the way, Mr. Ah Jian inboxed me on Instagram today,

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

話說 waa6 syut3
as they say
呢 ni1
this
今日 gam1 jat6
(adverb) nowadays; today
位 wai6
position
location
place
seat
classifier for people (honorific)
classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
throne
post
rank
status
健 gin6
robust
先生 sin1 saang1
(used before a man's family name) Mr.
佢 heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
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
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval

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