Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to speak
to say
to explain
to scold
to tell off
a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)
to criticize
to try to influence someone to do something
to mean
ox
cow
bull M: 条tiáo [条]
头tóu [头]
(slang) awesome
KangXi radical 93
name of a constellation
stubborn
arrogant
a surname
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
clique
school
group
faction
to dispatch
to send
to assign
to appoint
sect
branch
style
a quantifier for a speech
scene
atmosphere
to criticize
to accuse
to censure
shrimp strip; prawn strip
elder brother
a term of address for an older male
(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