How to pronounce 官員 in Cantonese (117 out of 127):

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有趣的是當時官員將「 Queen (女王)」一詞誤譯「皇后」
Interestingly, officials at the time mistranslated the word “Queen” as “Queen”,

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

有趣 jau5 ceoi3
interesting
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
是 si6
is
當時 dong1 si4
back then
官員 gun1 jyun4
official
將 zoeng3
a military commander
a general officer
to command
女王 neoi5 wong4
queen
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
詞 ci4
word
statement
speech
lyrics M: 组zǔ [组]
个gè [个]
classical Chinese poem M: 首shǒu [首]
phrase
expression
誤 ng6
mistake
error
to miss
to harm
to delay
to neglect
mistakenly
to interfere
incorrect
to impede
to hinder
譯 jik6
to translate
to interpret
to decode
to encode
皇后 wong4 hau6
(noun) Queen

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