How to pronounce 吊 in Cantonese (53 out of 65):

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囚犯被吊下 等他獨自一人在下面
So when a prisoner was lowered down he would be there alone by himself

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

囚犯 cau4 faan6
prisoner
被 pei5
quilt
blanket
(literary) to cover
吊 diu3
suspend
下等 haa6 dang2
inferior, low-level
他 to1
he or him
(used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant)
(used before sb's name for emphasis)
(used as a meaningless mock object)
other
another
獨自 duk6 zi6
alone
一 jat1
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
在下面 zo6 haa6 min6
underneath

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