How to pronounce 某人 in Cantonese (5 out of 8):

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對我說 「某人不幹了 他要退股」
said to me, "Someone's quitting and he wants to sell his shares." The

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

對 deoi3
right
correct
couple
pair
towards
at
for
to face
opposite
to treat (sb a certain way)
to match together
to adjust
to fit
to suit
to answer
to reply
classifier: couple
pair
to compare
to check
to adjust
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
說 syut3
to speak
to say
to explain
to scold
to tell off
a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)
to criticize
to try to influence someone to do something
to mean
某人 mau5 jan4
someone
不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
幹 hon4
part of place names
了 liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret
他 to1
he or him
(used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant)
(used before sb's name for emphasis)
(used as a meaningless mock object)
other
another
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

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