How to pronounce 员 in Cantonese (26 out of 86):

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他们的工作人员已经开始吃晚饭了
Their staff is already eating dinner.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

他 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
们 men2
plural suffix for pronouns
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
工作 gung1 zok3
work
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
员 jyun4
member
已 ji5
already
to stop
then
afterwards
only
too much
enough!
used as a final particle to add emphasis
经 ging1
pass through
开 hoei1
open
始 ci2
to begin
to start
then
only then
a beginning
a surname
first
吃 hek3
to eat
to consume
to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
to eradicate
to destroy
to absorb
to suffer
晚 maan5
evening
night
late
younger
junior
drawing towards the end
饭 faan6
meal
了 liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret

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