How to pronounce 放工 in Cantonese (43 out of 51):

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我哋兩個放工返到屋企都成八點幾㗎啦
Both of us back home after work is almost eight o'clock evening.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

我哋 ngo5 dei6
(pronoun) we; us
兩 loeng5
two
both
some
a few
tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1
16 of a catty 斤jīn [斤] (old)
a group of about ten people
個 go3
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
放工 fong3 gung1
finish work
返到 faan1 dou3
return to
屋企 uk1 kei5
home
都 dou1
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
成 seng4
to succeed
to finish
to complete
to accomplish
to become
to turn into
to be all right
OK!
one tenth
success
to amount to
whole
full
almost
nearly
capable
a surname
to settle
八點 baat3 dim2
eight o'clock
幾 gei2
how much
how many
several
a few
quite
shortly thereafter
㗎 gaa3/ gaa4
sentence-final particle, contraction of "嘅呀" (Cantonese), to express doubt
reservation
emphasis
disapproval
see also 嘅kài [嘅]
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval

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