Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
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)
head
hair style
the top
end
beginning or end
a stub
remnant
chief
boss
side
aspect
first
leading
classifier for pigs or livestock M: 个gè [个]
used as a suffix
an area
a location
to ask
to inquire about
to interrogate
to hold responsible
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
to split, to rend
to choose to rub, to wipe
to get
to fetch
to take
to ask for
to rip
to support
to sustain
to erect
to raise
branch
division
to draw money
classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions
to separate
to send away
to disperse
twelve earthly branches
cigarette or pipe tobacco M: 根gēn [根]
smoke
mist
vapour M: 缕lǚ [缕]
tobacco plant
(of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke
ace (in playing cards)
soot
opium
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 not have (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 没有méiyǒu [没有]
to confer on
to give to
to let
to allow
by
to
have been
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this