Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
seat
base
stand M: 个gè [个]
classifier for buildings, mountains and similar immovable objects
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then
to surpass
to overwhelm
to drown out
about
around
approximately
for
because
board
plank
plate
shutter
table tennis bat
clappers (music) M: 块kuài [块]
accented beat in Chinese music
hard
stiff
to stop smiling or look serious
ability
talent
sb of a certain type
a capable individual
only
only then
just now
a surname
certainly
indeed
(of water) to dash against
to mix with water
to infuse
to rinse
to flush
to develop (a film)
to rise in the air
to clash
to collide with
to soar
to neutralise
to offset
to wash away
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
quilt
blanket
(literary) to cover