Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to hold
to contain
to grasp
to take hold of
handle
particle marking the following noun as a direct object
classifier for objects with handle
classifier for small objects: handful
to guard
to hold in place
sworn brotherhood
it
other
used as a meaningless mock object
to cook
to boil
to give someone a hard time
to arrive
most
to
until
to reach
extremely
very
only then
half
semi-
incomplete
(after a number) and a half
in the middle
partly
very little
cooked (of food)
ripe (of fruit)
mature (of seeds)
familiar
skilled
done
also pr. [shóu]
processed
deep
thorough
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
(two, three etc) -fold
times (multiplier)
double
to increase or multiply
exceptionally
particular
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