How to pronounce 京城 in Cantonese (2 out of 10):

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由於他要留在京城處理政務，所以未能管理魯國的政事

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

由於 jau4 jyu1
because of
他 to1
he or him
(used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant)
(used before sb's name for emphasis)
(used as a meaningless mock object)
other
another
要 jiu3
important
vital
to want
to ask for
will
going to (as future auxiliary)
may
must
(used in a comparison) must be
probably
if
essential points
necessary
necessity
to desire
to need
should
留 lau4
to leave (a message etc)
to retain
to stay
to remain
to keep
to preserve
to halt
to stop
to detain
to study abroad
to grow
to bequeath
to set aside
to take in
to ask someone to stay
to pay attention to
to concentrate on
在 zoi6
(located) at
(to be) in
to exist
in the middle of doing sth
(indicating an action in progress)
to depend on
to rest with
to be alive
京城 ging1 sing4
capital city
處理 cyu5 lei5
handle
政務 zing3 mou6
government affairs
所以 so2 ji5
hence
未能 mei6 nang4
failed to
管理 gun2 lei5
management
魯國 lou5 gwok3
state of Lu
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
政事 zing3 si6
political affairs

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