Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
older sister
a term of address for an older female
a young woman
a house helper
a domestic helper
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
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
close
recent
until
till
to stand close together
to cling to
to collude with
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
to prohibit
to forbid
to ban
to imprison
to confine
to detain
royal residence
forbidden area
sorcery
witchcraft
to take into custody
to taboo
to be able to withstand or endure
to restrain or contain oneself
to explode or burst
to quick fry or quick boil
crackle
to pop
to occur unexpectedly
to break out
to disclose
to expose
to reveal
to burgle
full to maximum capacity
full
to come sexually
to ejaculate
(literary) to smile
to sneer
to display
to show off
to sunbathe
to sleep
to hide
to hide out
to stay
net
network
web
arms of the law
to bring together