How to pronounce 僅次於 in Cantonese (5 out of 11):

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教育普及程度在亞洲僅次於當時已經高度現代化的日本
Education is only slightly more widespread in Asia than in Japan, which was already highly modern.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

教育 gaau3 juk6
education
普及 pou2 kap6
(adjective) Widespread
程度 cing4 dou6
Degree
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
亞洲 aa3 zau1
Asia
僅次於 gan2 ci3 jyu1
second only to
當時 dong1 si4
back then
已經 ji5 ging1
already
高度 gou1 dou6
height
現代化 jin6 doi6 faa3
modernize; up-to-date
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
日本 jat6 bun2
Japan
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