How to pronounce 水門事件 in Cantonese (15 out of 17):

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水門事件確立了新聞工作在社會中的擔當監督者的角色，由其履行監察當權者的職責

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

水門事件 seoi2 mun4 si6 gin6
Watergate scandal
確立 kok3 laap6
establish
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
新聞 san1 man4
news
工作 gung1 zok3
work
在 zoi6
(located) at
(to be) in
to exist
in the middle of doing sth
(indicating an action in progress)
to depend on
to rest with
to be alive
社會 se5 wui2
(noun) community
中的 jung1 dik1
hit by
擔當 daam1 dong1
to hold responsibility
的 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
角色 gok3 sik1
role
由 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
其 kei4
his
her
its
their
that
such
it (refers to sth preceding it)
within
used as suffix of an adverb
履行 lei5 fan4
to fulfill
監察 gaam1 caat3
(verb) Observe
當權者 dong1 kyun4 ze2
those in power
職責 zik1 zaak3
responsibility

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