How to pronounce 而是 in Cantonese (31 out of 383):

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大家可能覺得奇怪為什麼最後開的不是E區而是D區呢
You may be wondering why the last opening was not in E but in D.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

大家 daai6 gaa1
everyone
可能 ho2 nang4
(modal verb) can
覺得 gok3 dak1
think
奇怪 kei4 gwaai3
strange
為 wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
什麼 sam6 mo1
what
最後 zeoi3 hau6
last
開 hoi1
to open
to start
to turn on
to boil
to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
to operate (a vehicle)
carat (gold)
abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文Kāi'ěrwén [开尔文]
abbr. for 开本kāiběn [开本], book format
to set up
to run
to leave
to hold (meeting
exhibition)
away
apart
aside
verb particle marking habitual aspect
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
不是 bat1 si6
is not
區 keoi1
area
region
district
small
distinguish M: 个gè [个]
precinct
to classify
to subdivide
而是 ji4 si6
but is
呢 ni1
this

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