Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
(adverb, preposition) (of age, height etc.) below
poor
inadequate
deficient
garrulous
impoverished
needy
destitute
to lack
to be short of
a humble way to address oneself for a monk
nun
(noun) "guy," "dude," "lad" "fellow" "chap", an informal way to refer to someone in a conversation
(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
上個禮拜
soeng5 go3 lai5 baai3
last week
to open
to start
to turn on
to boil
to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
to operate (a vehicle)
carat (gold)
abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文Kāi'ěrwén [开尔文]
abbr. for 开本kāiběn [开本], book format
to set up
to run
to leave
to hold (meeting
exhibition)
away
apart
aside
verb particle marking habitual aspect
o'clock
time
when
hour
season
period
era
current
timely
often
continously
frequently
fashionable
opportune
sometimes…sometimes
a surname