How to pronounce 解僱 in Cantonese (2 out of 7):

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

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

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
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
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
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