How to pronounce 坐監 in Cantonese (4 out of 23):

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然後就俾人拉咗去坐監，坐緊監果陣寫咗本書， 結果成為咗一個大眾想像之中嘅名人。

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

然後 jin4 hau6
then
就 zau6
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
俾 pai3
a parapet
to look askance
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
拉 laap6
jumbled
咗 zo2
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
去 heoi3
to go
to go to (a place)
to cause to go or send (sb)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
坐監 co5 gaam1
(verb) to be locked up in jail or prison
坐 zo6
to sit
to take a seat
to take (a bus, airplane etc)
to bear fruit
variant of 座zuò [座]
a seat
for a building to have its back towards
to put something on a fire
to be sentenced
緊 gan2
tight
strict
close at hand
near
urgent
tense
hard up
short of money
to tighten
taut
firm
secure
tight (short of money)
placed afte a verb to indicate an ongoing
continuous
non-stopping action
fast
監 gaam3
Imperial offices or academies
a eunuch
forcibly with coercion
果 gwo2
fruit
result
resolute
indeed
if really
full
a surname
nuts
berries
陣 zan6
disposition of troops
wave
spate
burst
spell
short period of time
classifier for events or states of short duration
battle formation
battle front
spasmodically
寫 se2
to write
to sketch
to compose
to write out
to describe
本 bun2
roots or stems of plants
origin
source
this
the current
root
foundation
basis
classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
originally
my
our
based on
edition
copy
capital
cost
principal
local
書 syu1
a book
a letter
a document M: 本běn [本]
册cè [册]
部bù [部]
to write
a certificate
a script
a style of calligraphy
storyteller
book of history
to document
結果 git3 gwo2
(noun) 1. consequence; 2. result
成為 sing4 wai2
become
一個 jat1 go3
a; one
大 taai3
an alternative form for the word太, too
眾 zung3
many
numerous
crowd
multitude
masses
people
想像 soeng2 zoeng6
imagine
之中 zi1 zung1
among
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
名人 ming4 yan4
celebrity

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