Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
li (Chinese mile)
500 meters (modern)
home
hometown
village
neighborhood
administrative unit
lane
alley
a precinct
this place
here
a surname
Fangcun, a place in China
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
section of a city or area
already
to stop
then
afterwards
only
too much
enough!
used as a final particle to add emphasis
quilt
blanket
(literary) to cover
-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 spread out
to open up
to exhibit
to put into effect
to postpone
to prolong
exhibition
to expand
to develop
to extend
to visit
to put to good use
commerce
merchant
dealer
to consult
2nd note in pentatonic scale
quotient (as in 智商zhìshāng [智商], intelligence quotient)
to discuss
to receive
to accept
to collect
to put away
to restrain
to stop
in care of (used on address line after name)
to harvest
to regain
to take something back
to gather
to build an affiliation with someone such as to adopt
to take in
to hide
to retract
to punish
to contain
to end
to retrieve
(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