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

柏拉圖的《理想國》所描述的集體主義社會

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

柏拉圖 pak3 laai1 tou4
Plato
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
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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