How to pronounce 銘 in Cantonese (18 out of 19):

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生產商好多，富士康郭台銘是台灣人啦，是不是？
. There are many manufacturers. Terry Gou of Foxconn is Taiwanese, right?

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

生產 sang1 caan2
production
商 soeng1
commerce
merchant
dealer
to consult
2nd note in pentatonic scale
quotient (as in 智商zhìshāng [智商], intelligence quotient)
to discuss
好多 hou2 do1
a lot
郭 gwok3
outer city wall
outer city
outer rim
contour
frame
a surname
台 toi4
variant of 臺
台tái [台]
platform
unit
terrace
tower
stage
support
base
station
channel
abbreviation for Taiwan
classifier for machinery
銘 ming5
to engrave
inscribed motto
unforgettably
to carve
inscription
epigraphy
motto
是 si6
is
台灣 toi4 waan1
Taiwan
人 jan4
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
啦 la5
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval
是不是 si6 bat1 si6
is it or not

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