How to pronounce 半年 in Cantonese (30 out of 185):

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頭半年我搵唔到嘢做吖嗎
I couldn't find a job for the first six months.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

頭 tau4
head
hair style
the top
end
beginning or end
a stub
remnant
chief
boss
side
aspect
first
leading
classifier for pigs or livestock M: 个gè [个]
used as a suffix
an area
a location
半年 bun3 nin4
Six months
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
搵 man5
(literary) to wipe away (tears)
to press with one's fingers
to soak
唔 ng4
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
到 dou3
to (a place)
until (a time)
up to
to go
to arrive
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
been to
a particle used after a verb or adjective to indicate degree
extent
嘢做 je5 zou6
things to do
吖 aa1
phonetic a, similar to 呵
-azine, see 吖嗪āqín [吖嗪]
final particle expressing consent and denial, liveliness and irritation
嗎 maa5
morphine

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