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

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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
seoi3
classifier for years (of age)
year
year (of crop harvests)
age
koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
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
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
hai6
department
攻讀 gung1 duk6
pursue studies
博士學位 bok3 si1 hok6 wai2
doctoral degree
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