How to pronounce 工作日 in Cantonese (7 out of 12):

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众所周知,由于今天是工作日,同学们又在上课,所以没有什么人了
And as you know, it's a working day, and the classmates are in class, so nobody's here.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

jung3
many
所周知 su2 zau1 zi1
as is well known
jau4
to follow
from
it is for...to
reason
cause
because of
due to
to
to leave it (to sb)
by (introduces passive verb)
up to
through
a surname
jyu4
to go
to take
sentence-final interrogative particle
variant of 于yú [于]
in
on
at
a surname
今天 gam1 tin1
today
si6
is
工作日 gung1 zok3 yat6
working day
tung4
and
hok6
learn
men2
plural suffix for pronouns
jau6
(once) again
also
both... and...
and yet
(used for emphasis) anyway
and (used in the context when talking about fractions)
in adddition
zoi6
(located) at
(to be) in
to exist
in the middle of doing sth
(indicating an action in progress)
to depend on
to rest with
to be alive
soeng6
on top
upon
above
upper
previous
first (of multiple parts)
superior, highest
fo3
class; lesson; course
所以 so2 ji5
hence
mou5
not
jau6
also
again
zaap6
miscellaneous
assorted
mo1
an alternative to the word麼, a final interrogative particle
jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
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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