How to pronounce 淪 in Cantonese (8 out of 10):

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本身改制係為咗達至民主，點知民主都無達到， 新制度就只係淪為張勉個人喺黨爭入面爭權嘅工具，

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

本身 bun2 san1
itself
改 goi2
to change
to alter
to transform
to correct
another
to improve
to remodel
to turn to
a surname
制 zai3
system
to control
to regulate
variant of 制zhì [制]
establish
overpower
three years of mourning for parents
standard
standardized
imperial
to limit
to agree (to a deal)
係 hai6
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
為咗 wai4 zo2
(preposition) for; because of; in order to; for the purpose of; so as to; so that
達 taat3
uninhibited
至 zi3
to arrive
most
to
until
to reach
extremely
very
only then
民主 man4 zyu2
democracy
點知 dim2 zi1
"how would I know?"; "who knows?"; "God knows"; "how is one to know"; "who would have thought"; "who would have guessed"; "only to"
都 dou1
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
無 mou4
not to have
no
none
not
to lack
un-
–less
without
達到 daat6 dou3
achieve
新 san1
new
newly
meso- (chemistry)
beginning
recent
modern
neo-
the Hsin dynasty
a surname
制度 zai3 dou6
system
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
只係 zi2 hai6
only (spoken)
淪 leon4
succumb
為 wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
張 zoeng3
an alternative form for the word帳, tent
an alternative form for the word脹, swell
勉 min5
to exhort
to make an effort
to urge
to encourage
to strive
to exert oneself to
to endeavour to
to persuade someone to do something
個人 go3 jan4
personal
喺 hai2
in
黨 tong2
alternative form for 儻, if
alternative form for 讜, counsel
爭 zaang1
deficient or lacking (dialect)
owe
入面 jap6 min6
inside
權 kyun4
authority
power
right
(literary) to weigh
expedient
temporary
a surname
嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
工具 gung1 geoi6
tool

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