Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
to buy
to purchase
to bribe
to persuade
to bet
to place a bet on
to kill
to have killed
(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
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
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
banner
flag
(in Qing times) refers to Manchurian ruling class, from 八旗bāqí [八旗] eight banners
administrative subdivision in inner Mongolia equivalent to 县xiàn [县] county M: 面miàn [面]
a term used by taxi driver to refers to a trip with a customer
an opium pipe