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大
半
日
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Jyutping
daai6 bun3 jat6
Pinyin
dà bàn rì
Definitions (Wiktionary)
noun, dialectal
most of the day; most of the daytime in a day
(syn.) 大半日, 大半天, 多半天, 大半工, 老半天
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
Cantonese
扭屎忽花扭咗大半日,份project郁都无郁过,点做野呀你?
扭屎忽花扭咗大半日,份project郁都無郁過,點做野呀你?
nau2 si2 fat1 faa1 nau2 zo2 daai6 bun3 jat6, fan6 po1 zek4 juk1 dou1 mou5 juk1 gwo3, dim2 zou6 je5 aa3 nei5
You've been shifting responsibilities for the whole day, and no progress has been made. What's up with you?
Cantonese
几个委员互选嘅时候都你推我让,结果搞咗大半日都选唔到主席。
幾個委員互選嘅時候都你推我讓,結果搞咗大半日都選唔到主席。
The committee deferred to one another when electing. That's why they couldn't come up with any one of them to be the chairman even if they spend the whole evening on this matter.