Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to substitute
to act on behalf of others
to replace
generation
dynasty
age
period
(historical) era
(geological) eon
abbreviation of pronoun
new
newly
meso- (chemistry)
beginning
recent
modern
neo-
the Hsin dynasty
a surname
to go out
to come out
to occur
to produce
to go beyond
to rise
to put forth
to happen
to grow
to have (something unpleasant occurring)
to leave
to send out
out
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
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
an alternative form for the word太, too
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
to insert
stick in
pierce
to take part in
to interfere
to interpose
to plant
to stab with a knife
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
to not have (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 没有méiyǒu [没有]