How to pronounce 民主 in Cantonese (50 out of 313):

Previous Example Example 50 of 313 Next Example
在香港, 也有人說民主不能當飯吃,
In Hong Kong, people say that democracy is not about food.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

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
香港 hoeng1 gong2
Hong Kong
也 jaa5
also
too
(in Classical Chinese) final particle implying affirmation
neither
either
even
as well
still
likewise
有人 yau5 jan4
someone has
說 syut3
to speak
to say
to explain
to scold
to tell off
a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)
to criticize
to try to influence someone to do something
to mean
民主 man4 zyu2
democracy
不能 bat1 nang4
cannot
當 dong3
right
trap
trick
pawn
to regard as
to pawn
thought
fit
proper
safe
appropriate
to treat as
飯 faan6
food
cuisine
cooked rice
meal M: 碗wǎn [碗]
顿dùn [顿]
means of living
cigarettes
吃 hek3
to eat
to consume
to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
to eradicate
to destroy
to absorb
to suffer

Learn Stroke Order

See how to write "民主" with stroke-by-stroke animation

Learn
Previous Example Example 50 of 313 Next Example