Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
prefecture
(old) province
(old) administrative division
state (e.g. of US)
oblast (Russia)
canton (Switzerland)
continent
to settle in a place
place surrounded by water
(adjective) 1. famous; 2. renowned
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
the bleating of sheep
final particle which transforms statements into questions that indicate doubt or surprise (Cantonese)
what
whatever
the alternative form of凝, freeze
spring (small stream)
mouth of a spring
coin (archaic)
a surname
the world of the dead under the burial ground