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

退役之後,34歲嘅佢去咗哈佛大學法律系攻讀博士學位
After retiring, at age 34, he went to Harvard Law School for his Juris Doctorate.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

退役 teoi3 jik6
retire from service
之後 zi1 hau6
after
歲 seoi3
classifier for years (of age)
year
year (of crop harvests)
age
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
佢 heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
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
咗 zo2
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
哈佛大學 haa1 fat6 daai6 hok6
Harvard University
法律 faat3 leot6
law
系 hai6
department
攻讀 gung1 duk6
pursue studies
博士學位 bok3 si1 hok6 wai2
doctoral degree

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