How to pronounce 即是 in Cantonese (41 out of 1116):

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因而就將臨安 即是杭州的烤鴨傳到北京
So we sent Lian, or Hangzhou's bakery, to Beijing.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

因而 jan1 ji4
(conjunction) So that
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
將 zoeng3
a military commander
a general officer
to command
臨安 lam4 on1
Lin'an
即是 zik1 si6
that is
杭州 hong4 zau1
Hangzhou
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
烤鴨 haau1 aap3
roasted duck
傳 zyun6
biography
commentaries on classics
到 dou3
to (a place)
until (a time)
up to
to go
to arrive
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
been to
a particle used after a verb or adjective to indicate degree
extent
北京 bak1 ging1
Beijing

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