How to pronounce 鐘頭 in Cantonese (17 out of 25):

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如果係70年代你起碼用個半鐘頭做呢件事
If you were in the 70s, you would have spent at least half an hour doing this.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

如果 jyu4 gwo2
if
hai6
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
年代 nin4 doi6
era
nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
起碼 hei2 min2
at least
jung6
to use
to employ
to have to
to eat or drink
expense or outlay
usefulness
hence
therefore
to apply
to operate
function
to spend
to make use
to serve as
to eat
to drink
with
to need
to exert
effect
with this
個半 go3 bun3
one and a half
鐘頭 zung1 tau4
hour
zou6
to do
to make
to produce
to write
to compose
to act as
to engage in
to hold (a party)
to be
to become
to function (in some capacity)
to serve as
to be used for
to form (a bond or relationship)
to pretend
to feign
to act a part
to put on appearance
to fight
to kill
to trick
to have sex
ni1
this
gin2
item
component
classifier for events, things, clothes etc
matter
letter
document
correspondence
si6
matter
thing
item
work
affair M: 件jiàn [件]
桩zhuāng [桩]
回huí [回]
incident
to be engaged in
to serve
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