How to pronounce 岑 in Cantonese (2 out of 2):

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當時有位公司董事喬恩·卡岑巴赫（Jon Katzenbach）因為宗教信仰, 所以他一星期只可以上班六天.
At the time, a director, Jon Katzenbach, was restricted to six days a week due to his religious beliefs.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

當時 dong1 si4
back then
有 jau6
also
again
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
公司 gung1 si1
(noun) 1. shops; 2. shopping
董事 dung2 si6
(noun) the director of a company
喬 kiu4
tall
lofty
proud
stately
a surname
disguise
vile
恩 jan1
favor
grace
kindness
charity
mercy
gratitude
卡 zaap6
to stop
to block
card M: 张zhāng [张]
片piàn [片]
calorie
cassette
(computing) (coll.) slow
lorry
truck
checkpoint
customs barrier
road block
to get stuck
to be jammed
to choke
a carriage
岑 sam4
small hill
steep
precipitous
peak
a surname
cliffy shore
silence
boredom
因為 jan1 wai6
due to
宗教 jung1 gaau3
religion
信仰 seon3 joeng5
belief
所以 so2 ji5
hence
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
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
星期 sing1 kei4
week
只可以 zi2 ho2 ji5
only can
上班 soeng5 baan1
go to work
六 luk6
six
天 tin1
day
sky
heaven
natural
given by nature
god
season
weather
emperor
imperial
the most important thing in life
husband
celestial
above one's head
the cover of a coffin

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