How to pronounce 役 in Cantonese (18 out of 20):

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首先你要去番你果區既區役所先
First, you need to go to your ward office.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

首先 sau2 sin1
first of all
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
要 jiu3
important
vital
to want
to ask for
will
going to (as future auxiliary)
may
must
(used in a comparison) must be
probably
if
essential points
necessary
necessity
to desire
to need
should
去 heoi3
to go
to go to (a place)
to cause to go or send (sb)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
番 pun1
used as part of a place name
果 gwo2
fruit
result
resolute
indeed
if really
full
a surname
nuts
berries
區 keoi1
area
region
district
small
distinguish M: 个gè [个]
precinct
to classify
to subdivide
既 gei3
already
役 jik6
forced labor
corvée
obligatory task
military service
to use as servant
to enserf
servant (old)
war
campaign
battle
to serve labor at frontier
to command somone as servant
所 so2
actually
place
classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc
that which
particle introducing a relative clause or passive M: 个gè [个]
a building
a bureau
a station
an office
that which
all that
whatever
a unit
先 sin3
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then

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