How to pronounce 星島 in Cantonese (5 out of 5):

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2:以星島集團的二千名員工可能面臨失業的公眾利益為由
2: 2,000 employees of the Star Island Group could face unemployment because of public interest.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

jyu5
to use
by means of
according to
in order to
because of
at (a certain date or place)
consider as
星島 sing1 dou2
Sing Tao
集團 zap1 tyun4
group
dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
二千 ji6 cin1
two thousand
ming4
name
noun (part of speech)
place (e.g. among winners)
famous
classifier for people
rank
title
position
fame
reputation
員工 jyun4 gung1
employee
可能 ho2 nang4
(modal verb) can
面臨 min6 lam4
face problems
失業 sat1 jip6
unemployment
gung1
public
collectively owned
common
international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar)
make public
fair
just
Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位wǔděngjuéwèi [五等爵位]
honorable (gentlemen)
father-in-law (husband' side)
male (animal)
maternal grandfather
an old man
official duties
zung3
many
numerous
crowd
multitude
masses
people
利益 lei6 jik1
interest
wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
jau4
to follow
from
it is for...to
reason
cause
because of
due to
to
to leave it (to sb)
by (introduces passive verb)
up to
through
a surname
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