How to pronounce 蘇東坡 in Cantonese (1 out of 4):

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傳說中圭江的名字是蘇東坡起的
Legend has it that the name Guiagang was originally from the southeast.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

傳說中 zyun6 syut3 zung1
legendary
gwai1
a jade tablet
an sceptre held by rulers during ancient ceremonies
an ancient measurement of volume
gong1
large river M: 条tiáo [条]
道dào [道]
Yangzi river
a surname
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
名字 ming4 zi2
name
si6
is
蘇東坡 sou1 dung1 po4
Su Dongpo (a famous Chinese poet)
hei2
to rise
to raise
to get up
to set out
to start
to appear
to launch
to initiate (action)
to draft
to establish
to get (from a depot or counter)
verb suffix, to start
(before place or time) starting from
classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
classifier for groups: batch, group
to stand up
to go up
to happen
to take place
to uncover