How to pronounce 墮 in Cantonese (5 out of 9):

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船上兩人喪生, 十一人墮海
Two people on board were killed, 11 were lost at sea.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

船 syun4
boat
上 soeng6
on top
upon
above
upper
previous
first (of multiple parts)
superior, highest
兩 loeng5
two
both
some
a few
tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1
16 of a catty 斤jīn [斤] (old)
a group of about ten people
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
喪生 song3 sang1
lose one's life
十一 sap6 yat1
elevem
墮 fai1
an alternative form for 隳, to destroy
to overthrow
海 hoi2
ocean
sea M: 个gè [个]
片piàn [片]
great number of people or things
(dialect) numerous
aimlessly
overseas
Shanghai
a surname
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