How to pronounce 而是 in Cantonese (36 out of 382):

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而是在一些經濟不太發達的三四線城巿
It's in some of the least developed cities.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

而是 ji4 si6
but is
在 zoi6
(located) at
(to be) in
to exist
in the middle of doing sth
(indicating an action in progress)
to depend on
to rest with
to be alive
一些 jat1 se1
some
經濟 ging1 zai3
economics
不 fau2
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
太 taai3
(adjective) (of generations) 1. Great-grand; (noun)
Great-grand mother or father; (Reduplication) "太太" =
wife; 2. Mrs.
發達 faat3 daat6
(verb) 1. to be rich; 2. to have fortunes
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
三四 saam1 sei3
three or four
線 sin3
thread
string
wire
line M: 条tiáo [条]
股gǔ [股]
根gēn [根] ]
boundary
traffic route
political path
clue
an undercover agent
a ray of (hope), a quantifier
a territory
an area
the lower ranks
followers in a triad gang
城 sing4
city walls
city
town M: 座zuò [座]
道dào [道]
个gè [个]
municipality
巿 fat1
revolve, make circuit, turn

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