How to pronounce 久 in Cantonese (201 out of 797):

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很久沒有坐了
I haven't sat down for a long time.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

很 han2
very
久 gau2
(long) time
(long) duration of time
old
沒有 mou5 jau5
without
坐 zo6
to sit
to take a seat
to take (a bus, airplane etc)
to bear fruit
variant of 座zuò [座]
a seat
for a building to have its back towards
to put something on a fire
to be sentenced
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

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