How to pronounce 同事 in Cantonese (28 out of 98):

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因为潮汕同事教我，所以我是这样叫的
I'm called that because I learned it from my colleagues.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

因 jan1
cause
reason
because
on the basis of
as a result of
follow
为 wai4
for
潮 ciu4
tide
current
damp
moist
humid
wet
flow
inferior in skill or fineness
trendy
up-to-date
汕 saan3
Shantou
同事 tung4 si6
(noun) staff
教 gaau3
religion
teaching
to make
to cause
to tell
to instruct
to teach
to educate
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
所以 so2 ji5
hence
是 si6
is
这 ze2
this
样 yeung6
like
叫 giu3
to shout
to call
to order
to ask
to be called
by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
to cry
to hail
to greet
to cause
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
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