How to pronounce 功利 in Cantonese (3 out of 7):

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所以「功利家庭主義」 就解釋咗點解有咁多人覺得阻人搵食罪大惡極，
So "benefit family" explains why so many people feel that it's a barrier to the pursuit of evil.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

所以 so2 ji5
hence
功利 gung1 lei6
utilitarian
家庭 ga1 ting1
family
主義 zyu2 ji6
ism
就 zau6
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
解釋 gaai2 sik1
explain
咗 zo2
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
點解 dim2 gaai2
(pronoun) why; how to explain; how come;
有 jau6
also
again
咁多人 gam3 do1 jan4
so many people
覺得 gok3 dak1
think
阻 zo2
to hinder
to block
to obstruct
to impede
to oppose
to restrain
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
搵食 wan2 sik6
make a living
罪大惡極 zeoi6 daai6 ok3 gik6
criminally evil
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