歷lik6時si4

English

1. to last
2. diachronic
3. to last; to take a certain period of time
4. to take (time)
5. period
6. diachronic

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 關於時間流逝下嘅演變嘅
2. 指事件或者動作所經歷嘅時間

Examples

• 歷時語言學

  diachronic linguistics

• 手術歷時兩小時。

  The operation lasted for two hours.

• 世上第一架飛機是在一九零三年起飛的，整個過程歷時十二秒。

  The first airplane flew in 1903 for twelve seconds.

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