How to pronounce 一年半 in Cantonese (6 out of 9):

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國民黨短短用了不足一年半時間
The DPP took less than a year and a half.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

國民黨 gwok3 man4 dong2
Kuomintang (KMT)
短短 dyun2 dyun2
short
用 jung6
to use
to employ
to have to
to eat or drink
expense or outlay
usefulness
hence
therefore
to apply
to operate
function
to spend
to make use
to serve as
to eat
to drink
with
to need
to exert
effect
with this
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
不足 insufficient
insufficient
一年半 jat1 nin4 bun3
a year and a half
時間 si4 gaan3
time
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