How to pronounce 艘 in Cantonese (4 out of 57):

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剛剛坐上了一艘船
I just got on a boat.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

剛剛 gong1 gong1
just now
坐 zo6
to sit
to take a seat
to take (a bus, airplane etc)
to bear fruit
variant of 座zuò [座]
a seat
for a building to have its back towards
to put something on a fire
to be sentenced
上 soeng6
on top
upon
above
upper
previous
first (of multiple parts)
superior, highest
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
一 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
艘 sou1
counting word for ships
船 syun4
boat

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