Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
        
        
                     
            
              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
            
         
        
                     
            
              classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
            
            
              single
            
            
              alone
            
            
              one only
            
            
              one of pair
            
            
              month (in prison sentence)
            
         
        
                     
            
              sentence-final particle, contraction of "嘅呀" (Cantonese), to express doubt 
            
            
               reservation 
            
            
               emphasis 
            
            
               disapproval
            
            
              see also 嘅kài [嘅]