gou1 bei2 baai3 jan4高比拜仁
Jyutpinggou1 bei2 baai3 jan4
Yalegōu béi baai yàhn
Definition
Kobe Bryant, the famous professional basketball player.
colloquialpeoplesports
How it's used
This name is a phonetic transliteration commonly used in Hong Kong sports media and by fans. It is treated as a proper noun and does not require any special honorifics when mentioned in casual conversation. The name is synonymous with the 'Mamba Mentality' in local basketball culture.
Examples
I really loved watching Kobe Bryant play basketball when I was little.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
