How to pronounce 城邦 in Cantonese (3 out of 8):

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由長年控制奧林匹亞的伊利斯城邦主辦
hosted by the city-state of Elis, which long controlled Olympia.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

由 jau4
to follow
from
it is for...to
reason
cause
because of
due to
to
to leave it (to sb)
by (introduces passive verb)
up to
through
a surname
長年 coeng4 nin4
long-standing
控制 hung3 zai3
control
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
伊 ji1
he
she
this
that
third person pronoun
a surname
利 lei6
sharp
favorable
advantage
benefit
profit
interest
to do good to
to benefit
merit
resources
public utility
wealth
riches
a surname
fluent
eloquent
lucky
convenient
of good fortune
smooth
orderly
斯 si1
(phonetic)
this
a surname
then
城邦 sing4 bong1
city-state
主辦 zyu2 baan6
host

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