How to pronounce 三分 in Cantonese (5 out of 73):

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不過吃了差不多三分之二了
But we ate almost two-thirds of it.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

不過 bat1 gwo3
however
吃 hek3
to eat
to consume
to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
to eradicate
to destroy
to absorb
to suffer
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
差不多 caa1 bat1 do1
almost
三分 sam1 fan1
partially
之 zi1
1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de [的]), ‘s 2. him 3. her 4. it 5. subordinate particle 6. this 7. that 8. these 9. those 10. to go to 11. an expletive in a phrase or a sentence with no particular meaning 12. (of road) branch
二 ji6
two
(Beijing dialect) stupid
twice
second
vice-
once more
again
double
different

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