Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
paragraph
section
segment
stage (of a process)
classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc
grade
rank in martial arts or chess games
a surname
phase
division
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
to reach
to be enough
adequate
tired of
fed up with
too
close
recent
until
till
to stand close together
to cling to
to collude with
to do
to make
to produce
to write
to compose
to act as
to engage in
to hold (a party)
to be
to become
to function (in some capacity)
to serve as
to be used for
to form (a bond or relationship)
to pretend
to feign
to act a part
to put on appearance
to fight
to kill
to trick
to have sex
to think
to believe
to suppose
to wish
to want
to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)
to plan
to rise
to raise
to get up
to set out
to start
to appear
to launch
to initiate (action)
to draft
to establish
to get (from a depot or counter)
verb suffix, to start
(before place or time) starting from
classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
classifier for groups: batch, group
to stand up
to go up
to happen
to take place
to uncover
to go
to go to (a place)
to cause to go or send (sb)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval