Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
(literary) to wipe away (tears)
to press with one's fingers
to soak
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
to prick
to run or stick (a needle etc) into
jug (a classifier for liquids such as beer)
to struggle free
to station
to plunge
to tie up
bundle, a classifier for flowers, banknotes etc
to fasten
to be promoted in a traid gang
to have a vasectomy
to bind