Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to lift
to carry in one's hand
Taiwan pr. [līng]
to take away
to bring over
to make use of someone to do something
to (a place)
until (a time)
up to
to go
to arrive
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
been to
a particle used after a verb or adjective to indicate degree
extent
level
grade
rank
step (of stairs) M: 个gè [个]
classifier: step, level
class
decapitated head
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
to deliver
to carry
to give (as a present)
to present (with)
to see off
to send
to dispatch
to accompany
escort somone to
to take or drive someone to
to lose
to waste
to give one's blessings
to express one's feeling to someone else
(dish
food
drink etc) to accompany something else
dragon M: 条tiáo [条]
imperial
symbol of an emperor
used in literature to describe horse
symbolic of great name
a surname
KangXi radical 212
a queue
money
snake meat
six
(Cant.) a bundle; onomatopoetic; round, circular; guys (slang)
member of the senior ministerial class (old)
scholar (old)
bachelor
honorific
first class military rank
specialist worker
soldier
the name for one type of the chess piece in Chinese chess
part of the title for someone trained in certain professions
to draw out
to pull out from in between
to remove part of the whole
(of certain plants) to sprout or bud
to whip or thrash
to extract
to whip
to lash
to smoke
to shrink
to beat up
to hit
to fight
egg
oval-shaped M: 个gè [个]
打dá [打]
a watch
fellow (used in conjunction with an adjective or a noun in a derogatory manner)
bond (esp. document split in two, with each party holding one half)
contract
deed (i.e. title deeds)
ticket
voucher
certificate
arch
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
rock
stone
stone inscription
one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音bāyīn [八音]
mineral elements in medicine
a surname
stone made-
unproductive
mineral
KangXi radical 112
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
a parapet
to look askance
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)