How to pronounce 半個鐘 in Cantonese (89 out of 103):

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等咗半個鐘佢終於出嚟啦
After half an hour, he finally showed up.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

等 ting2
sort
kind
type
咗 zo2
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
半個鐘 bun3 go3 zung1
Half an hour
佢 heoi5
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
終於 zung1 jyu6
finally
出 ceot1
to go out
to come out
to occur
to produce
to go beyond
to rise
to put forth
to happen
to grow
to have (something unpleasant occurring)
to leave
to send out
out
嚟 lei4
used in transliteration
to come
used as a final particle to add emphasis
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval

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