How to pronounce 光陰 in Cantonese (1 out of 14):

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看完三集一寸光陰一串雞

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

看 hon3
to see
to look at
to read
to watch
to visit
to call on
to consider
to regard as
to depend on
to feel (that)
(after verb) to give it a try
Watch out! (for a danger)
to consult a doctor
to judge
完 jyun4
to finish
to be over
whole
complete
entire
to run out
a surname
三 saam3
multiple times; repeatedly
集 zap6
to gather
to collect
collected works
classifier for sections of a TV series etc: episode
a market
to compile
achievements
一 jat1
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
寸 cyun3
a unit of length
inch
thumb
very small in amount
just right
cocky
arrogant
to provoke
to display disrespect to
jargon used by triad to represent ten
光陰 gwong1 jam1
(noun) Time (which usually refers to the valuable and memorable moment)
一串 jat1 cyun3
a series of
雞 gai1
fowl
chicken M: 只zhī [只]
(slang) prostitute
ten thousand dollars
the trigger of a gun

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