How to pronounce 久 in Cantonese (129 out of 797):

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離開了很久
It's been a long time.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

離開 lei4 hoi1
quit
check out
pass away
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
很 han2
very
久 gau2
(long) time
(long) duration of time
old

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