粵

粒lap1鐘zung1

simp粒钟
lap1 zung1nap1 zung1lì zhōng

English

  1. hour [colloquial]
  2. hour

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 量詞「粒」加名詞「鐘」,表示以鐘頭作為計算單位

Examples

  • 佢哋塞車塞咗幾粒鐘。

    They were stuck for hours in a traffic jam.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 你應該每日瞓八粒鐘。

    You should sleep for eight hours a day.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 我等咗我個friend成粒鐘。

    I've spent an entire hour waiting for my friend.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 我諗佢要用兩粒鐘先至做得晒啲嘢。

    It will take him two hours to finish the work.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 咩話?而家先十一點咋?仲有成粒鐘先食飯喎。

    What? It's only eleven? We still have an hour to go before lunch.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 佢去到個火車站嗰陣,班火車已經走咗差唔多半粒鐘。

    When he reached the station, the train had already left almost half an hour before.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 佢瞓咗幾粒鐘。

    She slept for several hours.

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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