How to pronounce 短短 in Cantonese (5 out of 31):

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雖然這間商場只開了短短一年時間

And even though the mall was only open for a year,

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Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

雖然 seoi1 jin4

although

這 ze5

this

these

(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)

the

here

now

then

間 haan4

an alternative form for 閒, idle

商場 soeng1 coeng4

mall

只 zi2

only

merely

just

but

開 hoi1

to open

to start

to turn on

to boil

to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)

to operate (a vehicle)

carat (gold)

abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文Kāi'ěrwén [开尔文]

abbr. for 开本kāiběn [开本], book format

to set up

to run

to leave

to hold (meeting

exhibition)

away

apart

aside

verb particle marking habitual aspect

了 liu4

(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)

(completed action marker)

to finish

to end

to settle

a final particle indicating change of situation to understand

a verb particle indicating possibility

to put in

to take away

to escape

flee in secret

短短 dyun2 dyun2

short

一年 jat1 nin4

One year

時間 si4 gaan3

time

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