How to pronounce 師爺 in Cantonese (3 out of 8):

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在1864年.是誰來興建這間仙四師爺廟呢?
In year 1864, who came to build this Tokong Sin Sze Si Ya?

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

在 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
年 nin4
year
是 si6
is
誰 seoi4
who
also pr. [shuí]
anyone
來 loi6
to greet and welcome guests
興建 hing1 gin3
construct
這 ze5
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
間 haan4
an alternative form for 閒, idle
仙 sin1
immortal
a Taoist super-being
an enlightened person
a fairy
transcendent
divine
an immortal
cent
四 sei3
(slang) labourer
師爺 si1 je4
(n.) (COLLOQUIAL) a paralegal.
廟 miu2
temple
ancestral shrine M: 座zuò [座]
temple fair
imperial court
呢 ni1
this

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