How to pronounce 長達 in Cantonese (16 out of 19):

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由1850年到1945年，西方女性 用咗長達一個世紀嘅時間去爭取女性基本權益。
From 1850 to 1945, Western women spent more than a century fighting for women's basic rights.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

由 jau4
to follow
from
it is for...to
reason
cause
because of
due to
to
to leave it (to sb)
by (introduces passive verb)
up to
through
a surname
年 nin4
year
到 dou3
to (a place)
until (a time)
up to
to go
to arrive
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
been to
a particle used after a verb or adjective to indicate degree
extent
西方 sai1 fong1
West
女性 neoi5 sing3
(noun) (of gender) Woman
用 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
咗 zo2
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
長達 coeng4 daat6
as long as
一個 jat1 go3
a; one
世紀 sai3 gei3
century
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
時間 si4 gaan3
time
去 heoi3
to go
to go to (a place)
to cause to go or send (sb)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
爭取 zaang1 ceoi4
strive for
基本 gei1 bun2
basic
權益 kyun4 jeng6
rights
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