How to pronounce 消防 in Cantonese (17 out of 20):

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他是一位退休的消防總隊目

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

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
是 si6
is
一 jat1
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
位 wai6
position
location
place
seat
classifier for people (honorific)
classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
throne
post
rank
status
退休 teoi3 jau1
retire
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
消防 siu1 fong4
firefighting
總 zung2
total
隊 zeoi6
an alternative form for 墜, to fall down
目 muk6
eye
item
section
list
catalogue
table of contents
order (taxonomy)
goal
name
title
to see
to look
division
topic

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