How to pronounce 洛陽 in Cantonese (3 out of 6):

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鎬京因而殘破不堪，周平王為避外患，將首都搬到東邊的洛邑，即今之洛陽附近
Haojing was left in ruins. To avoid foreign invasion, King Ping moved the capital eastward to Luoyi, near present-day Luoyang. This marked the

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

鎬京 go1 ging1
Haojing
因而 jan1 ji4
(conjunction) So that
殘破 caan4 po3
Broken down
不堪 bat1 haam1
cannot bear
utterly
周 zau1
week
平 ping4
flat
level
equal
to tie (make the same score)
to draw (score)
calm
peaceful
see also 平声píngshēng [平声], the even tone
peace
short for Peiping
a scale
a surname
to pacify
to restore to normal
to weigh and pay
common
fair
to conquer
to regulate
a draw
(one) hundred
王 wong6
to govern
to rule
為 wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
避 bei6
to avoid
to shun
to flee
to escape
to keep away from
to leave
to hide from
to turn aside
to hide
to avert
to prevent
to repel
將 zoeng3
a military commander
a general officer
to command
首都 sau2 dou1
capital
搬 boon1
move
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
東邊 dung1 bin1
east side
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
洛 lok3
Luo (Chinese surname)
邑 jap1
city
village
town
township
a political district in ancient China
county
state
area
state
即 zik1
namely
that is
i.e.
prompt
at once
at present
even if
prompted (by the occasion)
to approach
to come into contact
to assume (office)
to draw near
quickly
immediately
今 gam1
today
之 zi1
1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de [的]), ‘s 2. him 3. her 4. it 5. subordinate particle 6. this 7. that 8. these 9. those 10. to go to 11. an expletive in a phrase or a sentence with no particular meaning 12. (of road) branch
洛陽 lok6 joeng4
Luoyang
附近 fu6 gan6
nearby

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