粵

擱gok3淺cin2

simp搁浅
gok3 cin2gē qiǎn

English

  1. to run aground; to become stranded
  2. (fig.) to run into difficulties and come to a standstill; to stall
  3. to run aground
  4. to suspend an ongoing project

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 船隻或者大魚入咗淺過佢入水位嘅水域,所以卡咗響度
  2. 原本順利嘅事突然因故中斷

Examples

  • 一条受伤的鲸鱼在海滩边搁浅了。

    A wounded whale washed up on the beach.

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  • 條鯨魚擱淺咗喺沙灘上面。

    The whale ran aground on this beach. ----

  • 今次發展計劃因示威而擱淺。

    This development project is aborted due to protests.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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