How to pronounce 沉 in Cantonese (6 out of 24):

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一掉下水立即到水底,過了一段時間被人救起
The water falls down, and it sinks to the bottom, and then it's rescued for a while.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

jat1
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
掉下 diu6 haa6
to fall down
seoi2
water
river
liquid
beverage
additional charges or income
(of clothes) classifier for number of washes
lotion
juice
a surname
KangXi radical 85
money
a way to make money
low quality
poor
立即 laap6 zik1
(adverb) Now
zam6
to submerge
to immerse
to sink
to keep down
to lower
to drop
deep
profound
heavy
to be addicted to
dou3
to (a place)
until (a time)
up to
to go
to arrive
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
been to
a particle used after a verb or adjective to indicate degree
extent
水底 seoi2 dai2
underwater
過了 gwo3 liu5
passed over
一段 jat1 dyun6
classifier for sections and relationships
時間 si4 gaan3
time
pei5
quilt
blanket
(literary) to cover
jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
gau3
save
hei2
to rise
to raise
to get up
to set out
to start
to appear
to launch
to initiate (action)
to draft
to establish
to get (from a depot or counter)
verb suffix, to start
(before place or time) starting from
classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
classifier for groups: batch, group
to stand up
to go up
to happen
to take place
to uncover
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