Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
base
foundation
basic
radical (chemistry)
(slang) gay
according to
basis
to describe a man with effeminate characteristics
elder brother
a term of address for an older male
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
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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
(phrase
adverb
noun) no, not.
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
(adjective) (of generations) 1. Great-grand; (noun)
Great-grand mother or father; (Reduplication) "太太" =
wife; 2. Mrs.
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
to obtain
to acquire
to get
to gain
suit
proper
ready
finished
to be satisfied
to permit
to need to
to have gone as far as to
to have even done
can