haa6 haam6下陷
Jyutpinghaa6 haam6
Yalehah haahm
Definition
To sink, cave in, or sag downwards or inwards.
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How it's used
Focuses on a physical depression or a structural collapse rather than the act of sinking into water. It is frequently used in formal reports about geological instability or construction issues, but it also appears in descriptions of physical features like cheeks or eyes.
Examples
The road surface there has sunk, it's very dangerous.
Why are your eye sockets so deeply sunken?
Related words
Common mistake
Avoid using this to describe objects sinking in liquid, such as a boat or a stone in a pond; for those, use 沉.
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
