Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
-ly
structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
earth
soil
ground
region
the base of the coffin
to shoot
to launch
to allude to
radio- (chemistry)
to emit
to radiate
to project
to fire out
to aim at
to look after
to protect
to watch over
to ejaculate
sound
voice
tone
noise
classifier for sounds
fame
reputation
to declare
to make a sound
flower
blossom M: 朵duǒ [朵]
支zhī [支]
束shù [束]
把bǎ [把]
盆pén [盆]
簇cù [簇]
fancy pattern
florid
to spend (money, time)
a flowering plant
prostitute
prostitution
smallpox
multicolored
fireworks
to spend
to expend
stars on the shoulder of policeman's uniform to denote the rank
disorderly
scratched
dirty
pre-sale
suffix related to a female
board
plank
plate
shutter
table tennis bat
clappers (music) M: 块kuài [块]
accented beat in Chinese music
hard
stiff
to stop smiling or look serious
to play (an instrument)
to strum
to impeach
used as part of a place name
close
recent
until
till
to stand close together
to cling to
to collude with
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person