How to pronounce 先生 in Cantonese (180 out of 261):

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指片那位是否剛才的讀者陳先生
refers to whether the video is just the reader Mr. Chan

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

指 zi2
finger
to point at or to
to indicate or refer to
to depend on
to count on
(of hair) to stand on end
toe
片 pin3
thin piece
flake
a slice
to slice
to carve thin
partial
incomplete
one-sided
classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water
classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc
used with numeral 一yī [一]: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc
to pare
KangXi radical number 91
那 no6
helpless
relunctantly
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
是否 si6 fau2
is or not
剛才 gong1 coi2
just now
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
讀者 duk6 ze2
reader
陳 zan6
an alternative form for 陣, battle front
先生 sin1 saang1
(used before a man's family name) Mr.

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