How to pronounce 半日 in Cantonese (9 out of 14):

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釣得半日，魚餌就唔使買咁多
Half a day of fishing, you don't have to buy that much fish feed.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

釣 diu3
to fish with a hook and bait
to tempt
to lure
a fishhook
得 dak1
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
to obtain
to acquire
to get
to gain
suit
proper
ready
finished
to be satisfied
to permit
to need to
to have gone as far as to
to have even done
can
半日 bun3 jat6
half a day
魚餌 yu4 nei3
bait
就 zau6
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
唔使 m4 sai2
(phrase) no need to; do not need something; it's unnecessary
買 maai5
to buy
to purchase
to bribe
to persuade
to bet
to place a bet on
to kill
to have killed
咁多 gam3 do1
so much
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