粵

淪leon4陷haam6

simp沦陷
leon4 haam6leon4 ham6lún xiàn

English

  1. to fall into enemy hands
  2. to be under enemy occupation
  3. to be occupied
  4. to degenerate
  5. to submerge

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 畀敵國入侵而受控制

Examples

  • 第二次世界大戰,香港淪陷咗三年零八個月。

    During the Second World War, Hong Kong was under (Japanese) occupation for three years and eight months.

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

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