How to pronounce 耗時 in Cantonese (3 out of 4):

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根據團隊人數分類，很快他就發現，一旦團隊規模超過了８人，項目耗時就會非常多。
according to the number of team members. He soon discovered that once the team size exceeded 8 people, the project would take a lot of time.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

根據 gan1 geoi3
according to
團隊 tuen4 deoi6
team
人數 jan4 sou3
number of people
分類 fan1 leoi6
classify
很 han2
very
快 faai3
fast
他 to1
he or him
(used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant)
(used before sb's name for emphasis)
(used as a meaningless mock object)
other
another
就 zau6
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
發現 faat3 jyun6
discover
一旦 jat1 daan6
once
規模 kwai1 mou4
size
超過 ciu1 gwo3
exceed
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
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
項目 hang6 muk6
project
耗時 hou6 si4
time-consuming
會 wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
非常多 fei1 soeng4 do1
very many

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