How to pronounce 工人 in Cantonese (175 out of 234):

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為什麼大家請的工人那麼多斷約可以給你見呢？
Why do so many of the workers you hired have their contracts terminated? Can you see that?

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

為 wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
什麼 sam6 mo1
what
大家 daai6 gaa1
everyone
請 zing6
(history) for the princes (or their representatives) to have an audience with the Emperor
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
工人 gung1 jan4
worker
那麼 naa5 mo1
so
多 do1
many
much
often
a lot of
numerous
more
in excess
how (to what extent)
multi-
Taiwan pr. [duó] when it means "how"
much better
plenty
exceed
demonstrably
斷 dyun6
to break
to snap
to cut off
to give up or abstain from sth
to discontinue
apart
約 joek3
to make an appointment
to invite
approximately
pact
treaty
to economize
to restrict
to reduce (a fraction)
concise
treaty
agreement
convenant
appointment
engagement
to restrain
to restrict
to control
brief
simple
可以 ho2 ji5
(adjective) so so
給 kap1
to
for
for the benefit of
to give
to allow
to do sth (for sb)
(grammatical equivalent of 被)
(grammatical equivalent of 把)
(sentence intensifier)
to supply
to provide
well provided for
abundant
glib
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
見 jin6
to show
to appear
to become visible
to manifest
呢 ni1
this

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