How to pronounce 歷時 in Cantonese (7 out of 9):

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歷時兩年半嘅瘋狂, 當中燒、殺、搶、盜無所不為

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

歷時 lik6 si4
duration
兩 loeng5
two
both
some
a few
tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1
16 of a catty 斤jīn [斤] (old)
a group of about ten people
年 nin4
year
半 bun3
half
semi-
incomplete
(after a number) and a half
in the middle
partly
very little
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
瘋狂 fung1 kong4
(adjective) Insane
當中 dong1 zung1
among
燒 siu1
to burn
to cook
to stew
to bake
to roast
to heat
to boil (tea, water etc)
fever
to run a temperature
(coll.) to let things go to one's head
殺 saat3
to kill
to murder
to fight
to weaken or reduce
to smart (dialect)
to counteract
(used after a verb) extremely
to destroy
to exterminate
to hurt
搶 cong1
chaos
name of a comet
盜 dou6
to steal
to rob
to plunder
thief
bandit
robber
burglar
pirate
無 mou4
not to have
no
none
not
to lack
un-
–less
without
所 so2
actually
place
classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc
that which
particle introducing a relative clause or passive M: 个gè [个]
a building
a bureau
a station
an office
that which
all that
whatever
a unit
不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
為 wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)

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