How to pronounce 淹 in Cantonese (3 out of 4):

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猶如投進萬劫的夢 悲哀總淹滿於半醒中

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

猶如 jau4 jyu4
just like
投 tau4
to cast
to send
to throw oneself (into the river etc)
to seek refuge
to place oneself into the hands of
to join
to put in
to agree with
to drop
to jump
進 zeon3
to advance
to enter
to come (or go) into
to receive or admit
to eat or drink
to submit or present
(used after a verb) into, in
to score a goal
to make progress
to purchase
to recruit
萬 maak6
part of a double-barreled surname
劫 gip3
to rob
to plunder
to seize by force
to coerce
calamity
abbr. for kalpa 劫波jiébō [劫波]
disaster
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
夢 mung6
dream M: 场cháng [场]
个gè [个]
to dream
wishful thinking
悲哀 bei1 oi1
sad
總 zung2
total
淹 jim1
to flood
to submerge
to drown
to irritate the skin (of liquids)
to delay
to stay
to be stranded
erudite
well-versed
profound
滿 mun6
an alternative form for 懣, sorrowful
於 wu1
(literary) Oh!
Ah!
a tiger (dated term)
半 bun3
half
semi-
incomplete
(after a number) and a half
in the middle
partly
very little
醒 sing2
smart
clever
showing initiative
to give (guidance
money
a slap)
to present
中 zung1
within
among
in
middle
center
while (doing sth)
during

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