失陷
sat1 haam6sat1 ham6shī xiàn
English
- verb; a city captured during wartime; to be held captive
- To be lost to the opponent (in some kind of conflict or competition)
粵語 — Cantonese
- (喺某啲衝突或者競爭之中)喪失咗畀對手
Examples
喺敵軍嘅猛攻之下,我哋個首都失陷咗。
Under the enemy force's ruthless attacks, our capital city has been lost.
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk