How to pronounce 半年 in Cantonese (152 out of 185):

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等了半年 可能他說不賣給你啦
waited six months maybe he said not to sell to you

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

等 ting2
sort
kind
type
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
半年 bun3 nin4
Six months
可能 ho2 nang4
(modal verb) can
他 to1
he or him
(used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant)
(used before sb's name for emphasis)
(used as a meaningless mock object)
other
another
說 syut3
to speak
to say
to explain
to scold
to tell off
a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)
to criticize
to try to influence someone to do something
to mean
不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
賣 maai6
to sell
to betray
to spare no effort
to show off or flaunt; an alternative form for 鬻, sell
child
nourish
給 kap1
to
for
for the benefit of
to give
to allow
to do sth (for sb)
(grammatical equivalent of 被)
(grammatical equivalent of 把)
(sentence intensifier)
to supply
to provide
well provided for
abundant
glib
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval

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