Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
        
        
                     
            
              to wash
            
            
              to clean out
            
            
              to cleanse
            
            
              to eliminate
            
            
              to dredge
            
            
              to weed out
            
            
              to tax's one energy
            
            
              mischievous
            
         
        
                     
            
              jewel
            
            
              gem
            
            
              treasure
            
            
              precious
            
            
              currency
            
            
              coin
            
            
              treasured object
            
            
              antique
            
            
              your esteemed
            
            
              rare
            
            
              baby
            
            
              darling
            
            
              a poem used in a triad ritual
            
         
        
                     
            
              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
            
         
        
        
                     
            
              individual
            
            
              this
            
            
              that
            
            
              size
            
            
              classifier for people or objects in general or an action
            
            
              indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
            
            
              adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
            
            
              size
            
            
              height
            
            
              one
            
            
              possessive particle
            
            
              ten thousand dollars 
            
            
               bucks
            
         
        
        
        
        
                     
            
              you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
            
            
              can be used to refer to an unspecified person
            
         
        
        
                     
            
              to use
            
            
              to employ
            
            
              to have to
            
            
              to eat or drink
            
            
              expense or outlay
            
            
              usefulness
            
            
              hence
            
            
              therefore
            
            
              to apply
            
            
              to operate
            
            
              function
            
            
              to spend
            
            
              to make use
            
            
              to serve as
            
            
              to eat
            
            
              to drink
            
            
              with
            
            
              to need
            
            
              to exert
            
            
              effect
            
            
              with this