How to pronounce 沉睡 in Cantonese (3 out of 5):

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為什麼開始了這條路 找回沉睡在內心深處的初衷 再次出發吧

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

為 wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
什麼 sam6 mo1
what
開始 hoi1 ci2
begin
了 liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret
這 ze5
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
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
路 lou6
road M: 条tiáo [条]
journey
route
line (bus etc)
sort
kind
path
street
journey
way
a surname
direction
course
logic
the record of each baccarat game
trend
tendency
way out of a situation
way forward
a sexual relationship
找回 jaau3 wui4
to find back
沉睡 cam4 seoi6
deep sleep
在內 zoi6 noi6
within
心 sam1
heart
mind
intention
center
core M: 颗kē [颗]
个gè [个]
conscience
KangXi radical 61
深處 sam1 cyu3
deep place
的 dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
初衷 co1 zung1
original intention
再次 zoi3 ci3
again
出發 ceot1 faat3
to depart
吧 baa6
(modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise)
...right?
...OK?
...I presume

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