How to pronounce 馬利 in Cantonese (4 out of 7):

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你說這裡比馬利更加先進，曾幾何時他都是一個法國頗為成功的一個殖民地

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
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
這裡 ze2 lei5
here
比 bei3
close
recent
until
till
to stand close together
to cling to
to collude with
馬利 maa5 lei6
Mali
更加 gang3 ga1
even more
先進 sin1 jeun3
advanced
曾幾何時 zang1 gei2 ho4 si4
once upon a time
他 to1
he or him
(used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant)
(used before sb's name for emphasis)
(used as a meaningless mock object)
other
another
都 dou1
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
是 si6
is
一個 jat1 go3
a; one
法國 faat3 gwok3
France
頗 po2
rather
quite
considerably (Taiwan pr. [pǒ])
very
為 wai6
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
成功 sing4 gung1
success
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
殖民地 zik6 man4 dei2
colony

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