How to pronounce 來回 in Cantonese (4 out of 35):

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來回來回的繞了四十五分鐘
It took 45 minutes to go back and forth.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

來回 loi4 wui4
round trip
dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
jiu5
to wind
to coil (thread)
to rotate around
to spiral
to move around
to go round (an obstacle)
to by-pass
to make a detour
to confuse
to perplex
to entwine
to surround
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
四十五 sei3 sap6 ng5
fourty-five
分鐘 fan1 zung1
minute
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