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Canto School

Minutes on a clockin Cantonese.

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Canto School

Pronunciation

分

fan1

minutes on a clock

Recorded Cantonese

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When to use it

Use 分 after the hour to state clock minutes; 分鐘 instead measures how long something takes.

Examples

而家三點十分

ji4 gaa1 saam1 dim2 sap6 fan1

It’s ten past three now.

四點二十分見

sei3 dim2 ji6 sap6 fan1 gin3

See you at twenty past four.