How to pronounce 一年 in Cantonese (33 out of 736):

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雖然這間商場只開了短短一年時間

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

雖然 seoi1 jin4
although
這 ze5
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
間 haan4
an alternative form for 閒, idle
商場 soeng1 coeng4
mall
只 zi2
only
merely
just
but
開 hoi1
to open
to start
to turn on
to boil
to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
to operate (a vehicle)
carat (gold)
abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文Kāi'ěrwén [开尔文]
abbr. for 开本kāiběn [开本], book format
to set up
to run
to leave
to hold (meeting
exhibition)
away
apart
aside
verb particle marking habitual aspect
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
短短 dyun2 dyun2
short
一年 jat1 nin4
One year
時間 si4 gaan3
time

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