How to pronounce 公務員 in Cantonese (3 out of 18):

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我爸作為公務員 他也被抽去當志願者
My father was a civil servant, and he was recruited as a volunteer.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
baa1
dad
作為 zok3 wai6
as
公務員 gung1 mou6 jyun4
(noun) Government personnel
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
jaa5
also
too
(in Classical Chinese) final particle implying affirmation
neither
either
even
as well
still
likewise
pei5
quilt
blanket
(literary) to cover
cau1
to draw out
to pull out from in between
to remove part of the whole
(of certain plants) to sprout or bud
to whip or thrash
to extract
to whip
to lash
to smoke
to shrink
to beat up
to hit
to fight
heoi3
to go
to go to (a place)
to cause to go or send (sb)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
dong3
right
trap
trick
pawn
to regard as
to pawn
thought
fit
proper
safe
appropriate
to treat as
志願者 zi3 jyun6 ze2
volunteer
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