How to pronounce 既然 in Cantonese (16 out of 373):

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既然連內地人都不鼓勵他們回鄉下
And since the locals didn't encourage them to go back to their homelands,

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

既然 gei6 jin4
since
連 lin4
to link
to join
to connect
continuously
in succession
including
(used with 也, 都 etc) even
company (military)
to involve
including
together with
besides
to the extent of
company (of soldiers)
a surname
內地 noi6 dei6
(noun) China
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
都 dou1
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
鼓勵 gu2 lai6
encouragement
他們 taa1 mun4
they
回 wui4
return
鄉下 hoeng1 haa6
(noun) hometown

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