How to pronounce 長時 in Cantonese (99 out of 148):

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我一位朋友長時在香港
A friend of mine had been living in Hong Kong for a long time and

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
一 jat1
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
位 wai6
position
location
place
seat
classifier for people (honorific)
classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
throne
post
rank
status
朋友 pang4 jau5
friend
長時 coeng4 si4
for a long time
在 zoi6
(located) at
(to be) in
to exist
in the middle of doing sth
(indicating an action in progress)
to depend on
to rest with
to be alive
香港 hoeng1 gong2
Hong Kong

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