How to pronounce 沉 in Cantonese (47 out of 50):

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隔了幾十年後 在湖底沉了三十年後就吊上來
After decades after sinking at the bottom of the lake for thirty years and then hoisted up

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

隔 gaak3
to separate
to partition
to stand or lie between
at a distance from
after or at an interval of
to endure
past
next
immediately preceding
across
on the other side of
from the other side of
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
幾十 gei2 sap6
adj.; dozens of
tens of
年 nin4
year
後 hau6
back
behind
rear
afterwards
after
later
descendants
then
a surname
future
after next
succeeding
在 zoi6
(located) at
(to be) in
to exist
in the middle of doing sth
(indicating an action in progress)
to depend on
to rest with
to be alive
湖 wu4
lake
底 dik1
an alternative form for the word的, a possessive, adjectival suffix
沉 zam6
to submerge
to immerse
to sink
to keep down
to lower
to drop
deep
profound
heavy
to be addicted to
三十 sam1 sap6
thirty
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
吊 diu3
suspend
上來 soeng5 loi4
come up

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