Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
used in transliteration for 'sir', in addressing a policeman or a male school teacher
(noun) (A formal word of) folks
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
palace
temple
castration (as corporal punishment)
first note in pentatonic scale
dwelling
enclose
on top
upon
above
upper
previous
first (of multiple parts)
superior, highest
divinatory diagram
one of the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易经Yìjīng [易经]
one of the sixty-four divinatory hexagrams of the Book of Changes 易经Yìjīng [易经]
fortune telling
to tell fortunes
elephant M: 只zhī [只]
shape
form
appearance
to imitate
ivory
figure
image
portrait
phenomenon
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
(verb) 1. Look like; (noun)
Statue; (of digital camera) 2. Pixel or amount of pixel
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
(adjective) (of generations) 1. Great-grand; (noun)
Great-grand mother or father; (Reduplication) "太太" =
wife; 2. Mrs.
(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
to decline
to wane
to become weak or feeble
to go downhill
irritating
annoying
disgusting
unpleasant
nasty-looking
ugly
bad
to fail
to make a mistake
to lose face
to be caught doing something wrong
mean
to be a jerk
terrible
to be down on luck
useless
to be arrested or convicted of an offense
to screw up
to fail on