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
            
         
        
        
                     
            
              point
            
            
              dot
            
            
              drop
            
            
              speck
            
            
              o'clock
            
            
              point (in space or time)
            
            
              to draw a dot
            
            
              to check on a list
            
            
              to choose
            
            
              to order (food in a restaurant)
            
            
              to touch briefly
            
            
              to hint
            
            
              to light
            
            
              to ignite
            
            
              to pour a liquid drop by drop
            
            
              (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更gēng [更]
            
            
              dot stroke in Chinese characters
            
            
              classifier for items
            
            
              a spot
            
            
              degree
            
            
              a blot
            
            
              light refreshment
            
            
              to mark off
            
            
              to inspect
            
            
              how?
            
            
              to instruct
            
            
              to advise (especially in 'to mislead')
            
            
              to cheat
            
         
        
                     
            
              (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
            
         
        
        
                     
            
              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