How to pronounce 西周 in Cantonese (16 out of 19):

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西周也是這樣，周幽王即位後第二年首都鎬京一帶發生大地震
The same was true for the Western Zhou Dynasty. In the second year after King You of Zhou ascended the throne, a major earthquake occurred in the capital Haojing.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

西周 sai1 jau1
Western Zhou
也是 jaa5 si6
Also; too
這樣 ze2 joeng6
like this
周幽王 zau1 jau1 wong4
King You of Zhou
即位 zik1 wai6
ascend to the throne
後 hau6
back
behind
rear
afterwards
after
later
descendants
then
a surname
future
after next
succeeding
第二 dai6 ji6
second
年 nin4
year
首都 sau2 dou1
capital
鎬京 go1 ging1
Haojing
一帶 jat1 daai3
region
發生 faat3 saang1
happen
大地 daai6 dei6
(noun) The World
震 zan3
to shake
to vibrate
to jolt
to quake
excited
shocked
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦bāguà [八卦], symbolizing thunder
☳
tremor
quake
to shock
to crash
to frighten
pregnant

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