How to pronounce 姚明 in Cantonese (3 out of 5):

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NBA嘅市場喺80/90年代嘅中國一向增長唔太快， 直至2002年姚明成為咗當年嘅選秀狀元之後，
The NBA market didn't grow very fast in China in the '80s and '90s, until 2002, when it became the NBA's "Pick of the Year".

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

嘅 koi3
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
市場 si5 coeng4
(noun) supermarket
喺 hai2
in
年代 nin4 doi6
era
中國 zung1 gwok3
China
一向 jat1 hoeng3
(verb) have been…
增長 zang1 zoeng2
growth
唔 ng4
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
太快 taai3 faai3
too fast
直至 zik6 zi3
Until
年 nin4
year
姚明 jiu4 ming4
Yao Ming
成為 sing4 wai2
become
咗 zo2
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
當年 dong1 nin4
at that time
選秀 syun2 sau3
draft
狀元 zong6 jyun4
top scholar
之後 zi1 hau6
after
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