How to pronounce 多半 in Cantonese (1 out of 17):

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由於掌握這門手藝的多半是長者

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

由於 jau4 jyu1
because of
掌握 zoeng2 wai6
master
這 ze5
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
門 mun4
gate
door M: 扇shàn [扇]
gateway
doorway M: 个gè [个]
opening
valve
switch
way to do something
knack
family
house
(religious) sect
school (of thought)
class
category
phylum or division (taxonomy)
classifier for large guns
classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology
(suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)
clan
gang
key
turning point
a surname
KangXi radical 169
手藝 sau2 ngai6
(noun) skill
的 dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
多半 do1 bun3
mostly
是 si6
is
長者 coeng4 ze2
elderly

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