Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to advance
to enter
to come (or go) into
to receive or admit
to eat or drink
to submit or present
(used after a verb) into, in
to score a goal
to make progress
to purchase
to recruit
cat M: 只zhī [只]
(dialect) to hide oneself
(coll.) modem
to arch one's back
to be drunk
to be high on drugs
to record
to note
to remember
mark
sign
classifier for blows, kicks, shots
written accounts
records
a seal
to keep in mind
a book recording notes
information
people
usually used in abbreviating the name or brandname of a shop
business
eye
small hole
crux (of a matter) M: 只zhī [只]
双shuāng [双]
classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc) or needle, nail, lamp etc
eyelet
opening
aperture
salient point
insight
trap (in chess)
unaccented beat (in opera)
eyesight
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
(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
Hairy crab; the Chinese mitten crab; to describe a situation where one has money tied up in shares that have made a big loss in the trading market