Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
        
        
                     
            
              he
            
            
              she
            
            
              this
            
            
              that
            
            
              third person pronoun
            
            
              a surname
            
         
        
                     
            
              sharp
            
            
              favorable
            
            
              advantage
            
            
              benefit
            
            
              profit
            
            
              interest
            
            
              to do good to
            
            
              to benefit
            
            
              merit
            
            
              resources
            
            
              public utility
            
            
              wealth
            
            
              riches
            
            
              a surname
            
            
              fluent
            
            
              eloquent
            
            
              lucky
            
            
              convenient
            
            
              of good fortune
            
            
              smooth
            
            
              orderly
            
         
        
                     
            
              granule
            
            
              hoarse
            
            
              raspy
            
            
              sand
            
            
              powder M: 粒lì [粒]
            
            
              abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia
            
            
              a surname
            
         
        
                     
            
              father's elder brother
            
            
              senior male
            
            
              paternal elder uncle
            
            
              eldest of brothers
            
            
              respectful form of address for an elderly man
            
            
              Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位wǔděngjuéwèi [五等爵位]
            
            
              term of address for husband's older brothers
            
            
              a surname
            
         
        
        
                     
            
              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
            
         
        
        
                     
            
              grandson
            
            
              descendant
            
            
              a surname
            
            
              the follower of one's follower in a triad gang
            
         
        
                     
            
              to take possession of
            
            
              to occupy
            
            
              to take up
            
         
        
                     
            
              member of the senior ministerial class (old)
            
            
              scholar (old)
            
            
              bachelor
            
            
              honorific
            
            
              first class military rank
            
            
              specialist worker
            
            
              soldier
            
            
              the name for one type of the chess piece in Chinese chess
            
            
              part of the title for someone trained in certain professions
            
         
        
        
                     
            
              life
            
            
              age
            
            
              generation
            
            
              era
            
            
              world
            
            
              lifetime
            
            
              epoch
            
            
              descendant
            
            
              noble
            
            
              a surname
            
            
              a period of 30 years
            
            
              a form of address used between family friends of that is of a different generation
            
         
        
                     
            
              quilt
            
            
              blanket
            
            
              (literary) to cover
            
         
        
        
                     
            
              because of
            
            
              for
            
            
              on account of
            
            
              on behalf of
            
            
              by (in the passive voice)