Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
        
        
                     
            
              (noun) 1. shops; 2. shopping
            
         
        
        
        
                     
            
              one
            
            
              single
            
            
              a (article)
            
            
              as soon as
            
            
              entire
            
            
              whole
            
            
              all
            
            
              throughout
            
            
              "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
            
            
              also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
            
            
              first (positional)
            
            
              one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
            
            
              a short duration (when used with a verb)
            
            
              each
            
            
              same
            
            
              dedicated
            
            
              from the start
            
         
        
                     
            
              position
            
            
              location
            
            
              place
            
            
              seat
            
            
              classifier for people (honorific)
            
            
              classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
            
            
              throne
            
            
              post
            
            
              rank
            
            
              status
            
         
        
        
                     
            
              of
            
            
              ~'s (possessive particle)
            
            
              (used after an attribute)
            
            
              (used to form a nominal expression)
            
            
              (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
            
            
              truly
            
            
              really
            
            
              indeed
            
            
              target
            
            
              to lift up
            
            
              few
            
            
              small
            
            
              to fetch
            
            
              to move
            
            
              to get
            
            
              to pick up
            
            
              to force
            
         
        
        
        
        
                     
            
              to go
            
            
              to go to (a place)
            
            
              to cause to go or send (sb)
            
            
              (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
            
            
              to be apart from in space or time
            
            
              (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
            
            
              (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
            
            
              (of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
            
         
        
        
                     
            
              (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
            
            
              (completed action marker)
            
            
              to finish
            
            
              to end
            
            
              to settle
            
            
              a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
            
            
              a verb particle indicating possibility
            
            
              to put in
            
            
              to take away
            
            
              to escape 
            
            
               flee in secret
            
         
        
                     
            
              dish (type of food)
            
            
              vegetable
            
            
              cuisine M: 盘pán [盘] 
            
            
               道dào [道]
            
            
              (coll.) (one's) type
            
            
              a prostitute
            
            
              a sexuallt attractive girl 
            
            
               young woman
            
            
              a girlfriend
            
            
              an ox 
            
            
               beef
            
         
        
        
        
                     
            
              texture
            
            
              grain (of wood)
            
            
              inner essence
            
            
              intrinsic order
            
            
              reason
            
            
              logic
            
            
              truth
            
            
              science
            
            
              natural science (esp. physics)
            
            
              to manage
            
            
              to pay attention to
            
            
              to run (affairs)
            
            
              to handle
            
            
              to put in order
            
            
              to tidy up
            
            
              rationale of things
            
            
              prison official
            
            
              judicial officer
            
            
              a surname
            
            
              to polish
            
            
              to regulate
            
            
              to arrange
            
            
              to repair
            
            
              well-regulated
            
            
              to review
            
            
              to realize
            
            
              to appreciate
            
            
              to understand
            
            
              orderly
            
         
        
                     
            
              to like
            
            
              to love
            
            
              to be fond of
            
            
              to be liable to
            
            
              to be likely to
            
         
        
                     
            
              ability
            
            
              talent
            
            
              sb of a certain type
            
            
              a capable individual
            
            
              only
            
            
              only then
            
            
              just now
            
            
              a surname
            
            
              certainly
            
            
              indeed
            
         
        
                     
            
              to hold
            
            
              to seize
            
            
              to catch
            
            
              to apprehend
            
            
              to take
            
            
              (used in the same way as 把bǎ [把]: to mark the following noun as a direct object)
            
            
              to pick up
            
            
              with
            
            
              to arrest
            
            
              to use
            
            
              to be confirmed
            
            
              there!
            
            
              here!
            
            
              look!
            
            
              to give something the finger
            
         
        
        
        
        
                     
            
              all
            
            
              both
            
            
              entirely
            
            
              (used for emphasis) even
            
            
              already
            
            
              (not) at all
            
            
              metropolis
            
            
              capital
            
            
              big city
            
            
              the whole
            
            
              elegant
            
            
              refined
            
            
              without exception
            
            
              also
            
            
              too
            
            
              still
            
            
              used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
            
         
        
        
                     
            
              to take
            
            
              to borrow
            
            
              to pick (flowers, fruit etc)
            
            
              to pluck
            
            
              to select
            
            
              to remove
            
            
              to take off (glasses, hat etc)
            
         
        
        
        
                     
            
              (conjunction) So that (someone) can
            
         
        
                     
            
              to eat
            
            
              to consume
            
            
              to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
            
            
              to eradicate
            
            
              to destroy
            
            
              to absorb
            
            
              to suffer