How to pronounce 了 in Cantonese (68 out of 28945):

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維持了一年多
It lasted for over a year.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

維持 wai4 ci4
maintain
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
一年多 jat1 nin4 do1
more than a year

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