How to pronounce 解僱 in Cantonese (2 out of 21):

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窮到要解僱幾千個公務員
And they're firing thousands of civil servants.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

窮 kung4
exhausted
poor
destitute
improverished
having an end
having a limit
most
extremely
utterly
thoroughly
to pursue to the limit
despite poverty
exhaustively
to exhaust
in trouble
without any way out
到 dou3
to (a place)
until (a time)
up to
to go
to arrive
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
been to
a particle used after a verb or adjective to indicate degree
extent
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
解僱 jie3 gu4
lay off
幾千 gei2 cin1
several thousand
個 go3
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
公務員 gung1 mou6 jyun4
(noun) Government personnel

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