How to pronounce 柏拉圖 in Cantonese (2 out of 3):

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柏拉圖的《理想國》所描述的集體主義社會
collectivist society described in Plato's "The Republic"

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

柏拉圖 pak3 laai1 tou4
Plato
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
理想國 lei5 soeng2 gwok3
utopia
所 so2
actually
place
classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc
that which
particle introducing a relative clause or passive M: 个gè [个]
a building
a bureau
a station
an office
that which
all that
whatever
a unit
描述 msi4 siu2
describe
集體主義 jaap6 tai2 jyu3 gei3
collectivism
社會 se5 wui2
(noun) community

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