How to pronounce 半 in Cantonese (83 out of 877):

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得半片魚嘅極上大吞拿魚腩過嚟

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

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 bun3
half
semi-
incomplete
(after a number) and a half
in the middle
partly
very little
片 pin3
thin piece
flake
a slice
to slice
to carve thin
partial
incomplete
one-sided
classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water
classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc
used with numeral 一yī [一]: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc
to pare
KangXi radical number 91
魚 jyu2
fish M: 条tiáo [条]
尾wěi [尾]
a surname
KangXi radical 195
a reptile
to fish
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
極 gik6
extremely
pole (geography, physics)
utmost
top
furthest
final
extreme
上 soeng6
on top
upon
above
upper
previous
first (of multiple parts)
superior, highest
大 taai3
an alternative form for the word太, too
吞拿魚 taan1 naa2 jyu4
tuna fish
腩 naam5
brisket
belly beef
spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs
see 牛腩niúnǎn [牛腩] esp. Cantonese
erroneously translated as sirloin
belly flesh
meat
過嚟 gwo3 lai2
come here (spoken)

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