Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
rice M: 粒lì [粒]
meter (classifier)
grain-like things
money
a cigarette
port
wharf
pier
plain
market
part of a place name
inside
inner
internal
within
interior
domestic
one's wife
wife's relatives
the imperial courts
the female members (of a family)
Deep Bay, a bay in Hong Kong
woman who looks after small children
(old) female tutor
child's governess
matron
babysitter
nanny
housemaid
nursemaid
moist
wet
damp
humid
humidity, a factor contributing to illness according to traditional principles of Chinese medicine
to reward
to beat up
-ly
structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
earth
soil
ground
region
the base of the coffin