How to pronounce 半個 in Cantonese (32 out of 35):

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用咗半個世紀將歐亞大陸上面嘅接近四分三土地
It took half a century to cover nearly three-quarters of the land of Eurasia.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

jung6
to use
to employ
to have to
to eat or drink
expense or outlay
usefulness
hence
therefore
to apply
to operate
function
to spend
to make use
to serve as
to eat
to drink
with
to need
to exert
effect
with this
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 bun3 go3
half
世紀 sai3 gei3
century
zoeng3
a military commander
a general officer
to command
歐亞大陸 au1 aa3 daai6 luk6
Eurasia Continent
上面 soeng6 min6
(noun) Up stair; (figurative - old) 1. China
koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
接近 zip3 gan6
approach
sei3
(slang) labourer
fan6
fraction
extent of one's duty or rights
component
content
element
a portion
a share
exceptionally
status
capacity
excessive
saam3
multiple times; repeatedly
土地 tou2 dei6
(noun) land
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