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English

1. minute
2. minute (as unit of time)

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 時間嘅單位；六十秒等於一分鐘，六十分鐘等於一個鐘。「分鐘」就同基數詞配搭，指涉到數量，即係有幾多分鐘；「分」多數同序數詞配搭，例如喺報時嘅時候。

Examples

• 唔該等三十分鐘。

  Please wait half an hour.

  Tatoeba · Riko CC BY

• 俾幾分鐘時間我。

  I need a few minutes.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 一分鐘有六十秒。

  There are sixty seconds in a minute.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 你隻錶慢咗十分鐘。

  Your watch is ten minutes slow.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 我俾多幾分鐘你啦。

  I'll give you a couple more minutes.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 我哋休息十分鐘啦。

  Let's take a ten-minute break.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 我已經等咗你十五分鐘喇。

  I've waited for you for fifteen minutes.