How to pronounce 吞 in Cantonese (37 out of 78):

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就咁喺條脷嗰度, 未吞落去已經覺得好甜
swallow it.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

就咁 zau6 gam2
just like that
喺 hai2
in
條 tiu5
strip
item
article
clause (of law or treaty)
classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers, people (in slangs) etc)
order
orderliness
ten dollars
脷 lei6
tip of the tongue
嗰度 go2 dou6
(adverb) there; over there (noun) there; that place; that point
未 mei6
not yet
吞 tan1
to swallow
to take
to annex
to engulf
to gulp
落去 lok6 heoi3
go down (spoken)
已經 ji5 ging1
already
覺得 gok3 dak1
think
好 hou3
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
甜 tim4
sweet
sweetness

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