How to pronounce 老細 in Cantonese (11 out of 59):

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太多客嘅時候老細會叫你15分鐘後再嚟
When you have too many guests, your boss will call you back in 15 minutes.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

太 taai3
(adjective) (of generations) 1. Great-grand; (noun)
Great-grand mother or father; (Reduplication) "太太" =
wife; 2. Mrs.
多 do1
many
much
often
a lot of
numerous
more
in excess
how (to what extent)
multi-
Taiwan pr. [duó] when it means "how"
much better
plenty
exceed
demonstrably
客 haak3
customer
visitor
guest
passenger
traveller
stranger
foreigner
someone who is engaged in a particular pursuit
a helping
portion of (a classifier)
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
時候 si4 hau6
time
老細 lou5 sai3
(n.
appellation) generally refers to the boss or senior colleagues, such as manager or department head; owner of a shop; refers to your client
會 wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
叫 giu3
to shout
to call
to order
to ask
to be called
by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
to cry
to hail
to greet
to cause
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
分鐘 fan1 zung1
minute
後 hau6
back
behind
rear
afterwards
after
later
descendants
then
a surname
future
after next
succeeding
再嚟 zoi3 lai4
again

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