How to pronounce 即是 in Cantonese (40 out of 1116):

Previous Example Example 40 of 1116 Next Example
每位售38元 即是說2個人來吃

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

每 mei5
each
位 wai6
position
location
place
seat
classifier for people (honorific)
classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
throne
post
rank
status
售 sau6
sell
元 jyun4
unit of money (in PRC: Chinese yuan, in USA: dollar, etc)
primary
the first
origin
head
eldest
the Yuan Dynasty
a surname
即是 zik1 si6
that is
說 syut3
to speak
to say
to explain
to scold
to tell off
a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)
to criticize
to try to influence someone to do something
to mean
個人 go3 jan4
personal
來 loi6
to greet and welcome guests
吃 hek3
to eat
to consume
to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
to eradicate
to destroy
to absorb
to suffer

Learn Stroke Order

See how to write "即是" with stroke-by-stroke animation

Learn
Previous Example Example 40 of 1116 Next Example