How to pronounce 爾 in Cantonese (131 out of 172):

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麥斯威爾好坦白對員工說：加班不代表敬業, 反而是代表失敗.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

麥 mak6
wheat
barley
oats
rye
a surname
斯 si1
(phonetic)
this
a surname
then
威 wai1
power
might
prestige
powerful
awesome might
impressive strength
to dominate
to threaten by force
imposing
impressive
smart
to show one's ability
to perform
to go out for an evening's entertainment
to go out for a goodtime
爾 ji5
thus
so
like that
you
thou
used as a final particle
an adverb particle
a suffix after an adjective
your
that
near
好 hou3
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
坦白 taan2 baak6
Be honest
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
員工 jyun4 gung1
employee
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
加班 ga1 baan1
overtime
不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
代表 doi6 biu2
represent
反而 faan2 ji4
on the contrary
是 si6
is
失敗 sat1 bai6
failure

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