How to pronounce 一小時 in Cantonese (77 out of 97):

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Margaret等了一小時才有飯吃
Margaret waited an hour to have rice to eat

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

等 ting2
sort
kind
type
了 liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret
一小時 jat1 siu2 si4
One hour
才 coi4
ability
talent
sb of a certain type
a capable individual
only
only then
just now
a surname
certainly
indeed
有 jau6
also
again
飯 faan6
food
cuisine
cooked rice
meal M: 碗wǎn [碗]
顿dùn [顿]
means of living
cigarettes
吃 hek3
to eat
to consume
to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
to eradicate
to destroy
to absorb
to suffer

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