How to pronounce 點解 in Cantonese (147 out of 825):

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工人呀係咪同你做乜嘢呀點解唔使返工
What are you doing to you, workers? Why don't you go back to work?

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

工人 gung1 jan4
worker
haa1
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
係咪 hai6 mai6
used in asking questions in conversations, similar to saying "is it ….?"; "Isn't it?"
"Yes or no?"
tung4
and
nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
做乜嘢 zou6 mat1 je5
what are you doing?
點解 dim2 gaai2
(pronoun) why; how to explain; how come;
唔使 m4 sai2
(phrase) no need to; do not need something; it's unnecessary
返工 faan1 gung1
to go to work
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