Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to fish with a hook and bait
to tempt
to lure
a fishhook
(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
ten
tenth
complete
completely
perfect
extremely
KangXi radical 24
many
much
often
a lot of
numerous
more
in excess
how (to what extent)
multi-
Taiwan pr. [duó] when it means "how"
much better
plenty
exceed
demonstrably
strip
item
article
clause (of law or treaty)
classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers, people (in slangs) etc)
order
orderliness
ten dollars
(adverb, preposition) (of age, height etc.) above
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
nail
to follow closely
to keep at sb (to do sth)
variant of 盯dīng [盯]
spike
to pursue closely
to urge
to press
to sew on
to drive in (a nail)
to die
to be investigated by the police
the interest on money borrowed from a loanshark
to mark someone (in a ball game)
public
collectively owned
common
international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar)
make public
fair
just
Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位wǔděngjuéwèi [五等爵位]
honorable (gentlemen)
father-in-law (husband' side)
male (animal)
maternal grandfather
an old man
official duties