Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
willow
pleasure
name of a constellation
a prison warden
a prison
large river M: 条tiáo [条]
道dào [道]
Yangzi river
a surname
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
roots or stems of plants
origin
source
this
the current
root
foundation
basis
classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
originally
my
our
based on
edition
copy
capital
cost
principal
local
a book
a letter
a document M: 本běn [本]
册cè [册]
部bù [部]
to write
a certificate
a script
a style of calligraphy
storyteller
book of history
to document
also
too
(in Classical Chinese) final particle implying affirmation
neither
either
even
as well
still
likewise
important
vital
to want
to ask for
will
going to (as future auxiliary)
may
must
(used in a comparison) must be
probably
if
essential points
necessary
necessity
to desire
to need
should