How to pronounce 而是 in Cantonese (181 out of 383):

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其實我不是說酒店有什麼不乾淨的東西, 而是當房間有一件又一年奇怪的事情
I'm not saying there's anything unclean about the hotel, but when the room keeps having strange things happen over and over again...

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

其實 kei4 sat6
actually
我 ngo5
I
me
my
us
we
our
self
不是 bat1 si6
is not
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
酒店 zau2 dim3
hotel
有 jau6
also
again
什麼 sam6 mo1
what
不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
乾淨 gontau1 jing6
clean
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
東西 dung1 sai1
east and west
而是 ji4 si6
but is
當 dong3
right
trap
trick
pawn
to regard as
to pawn
thought
fit
proper
safe
appropriate
to treat as
房間 fong4 gaan1
room
一 jat1
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
件 gin2
item
component
classifier for events, things, clothes etc
matter
letter
document
correspondence
又 jau6
(once) again
also
both... and...
and yet
(used for emphasis) anyway
and (used in the context when talking about fractions)
in adddition
一年 jat1 nin4
One year
奇怪 kei4 gwaai3
strange
事情 si6 cing4
thing

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