How to pronounce 沉 in Cantonese (19 out of 50):

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佢哋依然會嗌咗你 呀...丁生呀嘛 (扮沉聲) 咁樣囉

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

佢哋 keoi5 dei6
(pronoun) they
依然 ji1 jin4
still
會 wui6
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
嗌 jik1
the throat
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
你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
呀 haa1
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
丁 zang1
fourth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干shítiāngān [十天干]
fourth in order
letter "D" or roman "IV" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
butyl
cubes (of food)
adult male
members of a family
a surname
生 sang1
to be born
to give birth
life
to grow
raw
uncooked
student
living
lifetime
birth
living beings
a male actor
to happen
to occur
to produce
to create
crude
alive
strange
unfamiliar
keenly in
abruptly
rudely
by force
rudely
unskilled
used as a suffix to adverbs
a surname
Mr
嘛 maa4
used in transliteration, such as in 'lama'
扮 fan5
to grasp
沉 zam6
to submerge
to immerse
to sink
to keep down
to lower
to drop
deep
profound
heavy
to be addicted to
聲 sing1
sound
voice
tone
noise
classifier for sounds
fame
reputation
to declare
to make a sound
咁 gam3
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
樣 joeng2
manner
pattern
way
appearance
shape
classifier: kind, type
sample
variety
style
type
囉 lo4
a final particle to express one's certainty in a decision
firmness
suggestion
argumentative mood
emphasis
noisy

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