How to pronounce 半 in Cantonese (22 out of 877):

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所以到今天已過了2年半
So it's been two and a half years now.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

所以 so2 ji5
hence
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
今天 gam1 tin1
today
已 ji5
already
to stop
then
afterwards
only
too much
enough!
used as a final particle to add emphasis
過了 gwo3 liu5
passed over
年 nin4
year
半 bun3
half
semi-
incomplete
(after a number) and a half
in the middle
partly
very little

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