How to pronounce 兼 in Cantonese (64 out of 71):

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這間餐廳的老闆兼大廚是一位好年輕的女廚師
owner and chef of this restaurant is a very young woman.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

這 ze5
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
間 haan4
an alternative form for 閒, idle
餐廳 caan1 teng1
restaurant
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
老闆 lou5 baan2
(noun) employer
兼 gim1
double
twice
simultaneous
holding two or more (official) posts at the same time
combine
connect
and
大廚 daai6 cyu2
Head chef
是 si6
is
一 jat1
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
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
好 hou3
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
年輕 nin4 hing1
young
女 neoi6
to marry off one's daughter
廚師 cyu4 si1
chef

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