How to pronounce 而是 in Cantonese (189 out of 383):

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而是擺放了好幾年的時間
; they'd been lying there for years.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

而是 ji4 si6
but is
擺放 baai2 fong3
place
了 liu4
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret
好 hou3
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
幾 gei2
how much
how many
several
a few
quite
shortly thereafter
年 nin4
year
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
時間 si4 gaan3
time

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