How to pronounce 乃是 in Cantonese (7 out of 8):

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使他們管理 海裡的魚，空中的鳥和地上的爬蟲牲畜。"上帝就照著自己的形象造人，乃是照著他的形象造男造女。

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

使 si2
to make
to cause
to enable
to use
to employ
to send
to instruct sb to do sth
to need to
to have to
他們 taa1 mun4
they
管理 gun2 lei5
management
海 hoi2
ocean
sea M: 个gè [个]
片piàn [片]
great number of people or things
(dialect) numerous
aimlessly
overseas
Shanghai
a surname
裡 leoi5
lining
interior
inside
internal
within
的 dik1
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
魚 jyu2
fish M: 条tiáo [条]
尾wěi [尾]
a surname
KangXi radical 195
a reptile
to fish
空中 hung1 zung1
mid-air
鳥 niu5
bird M: 只zhī [只]
群qún [群]
KangXi radical 196
和 wo4
and
地上 dei6 soeng5
on the ground
牲畜 saang1 cuk1
livestock
上帝 soeng6 dai3
God
就 zau6
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
照 ziu3
according to
in accordance with
to shine
to illuminate
to reflect
to look at (one's reflection)
to take (a photo)
photo
as requested
as before
license
to compare
to take care of
to notify
sunshine
to protect
to support
to back-up
著 zyu3
famous
prominent
to write
to compile
writing
literary work
aboriginal
自己 zi6 gei3
myself
形象 jing4 zoeng6
image
造 zou6
to make
to build
to manufacture
to invent
to fabricate
to go to
party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement)
crop
classifier for crops
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
乃是 naai5 si6
be
他的 taa1 dik1
his
男 naam4
male
Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位wǔděngjuéwèi [五等爵位] M: 个gè [个]
man
son
女 neoi6
to marry off one's daughter

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