Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to carry (hanging down from the hand)
to lift
to put forward
to mention
to raise (an issue)
upwards character stroke
lifting brush stroke (in painting)
scoop for measuring liquid
to extract
to summon a prisoner for interrogation
to guard against
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
(located) at
(to be) in
to exist
in the middle of doing sth
(indicating an action in progress)
to depend on
to rest with
to be alive
to warm up
to heat up
hot (of weather)
heat
fervent
fever
passionate
enthuiastic
tide
current
damp
moist
humid
wet
flow
inferior in skill or fineness
trendy
up-to-date
moist
wet
damp
humid
humidity, a factor contributing to illness according to traditional principles of Chinese medicine
to reward
to beat up
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
to open
to start
to turn on
to boil
to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
to operate (a vehicle)
carat (gold)
abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文Kāi'ěrwén [开尔文]
abbr. for 开本kāiběn [开本], book format
to set up
to run
to leave
to hold (meeting
exhibition)
away
apart
aside
verb particle marking habitual aspect
to draw out
to pull out from in between
to remove part of the whole
(of certain plants) to sprout or bud
to whip or thrash
to extract
to whip
to lash
to smoke
to shrink
to beat up
to hit
to fight
machine
engine
opportunity
intention
aircraft
pivot
crucial point
flexible (quick-witted)
organic M: 台tái [台]
witty
handphone