How to pronounce 半 in Cantonese (292 out of 877):

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部機凌空咗半秒嘅
The machine was half a second behind.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

部機 bou6 gei1
machine
凌空 ling4 hung1
soar high
咗 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 bun3
half
semi-
incomplete
(after a number) and a half
in the middle
partly
very little
秒 miu5
second (of time)
unit of angle or arc equivalent to one sixtieth of a degree
beard of corn or grain
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)

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