Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
a military commander
a general officer
to command
grain
granule
classifier for small round things (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc)
a small particle
to have rice as food
ten thousand
a quantifier for hours
a 'pip' on the shoulder of police's uniform indicating the rank
nail
to follow closely
to keep at sb (to do sth)
variant of 盯dīng [盯]
spike
to pursue closely
to urge
to press
to sew on
to drive in (a nail)
to die
to be investigated by the police
the interest on money borrowed from a loanshark
to mark someone (in a ball game)
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
to enter
to go into
to join
to become a member of
to confirm or agree with
abbr. for 入声rùshēng [入声]
to receive
to sink
harmonize with
to arrive at
to put in
tree
wood
coffin
wooden
simple
numb
one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音bāyīn [八音]
dull
to pass
to spend (time)
measure
limit
extent
degree of intensity
degree (angles, temperature etc)
kilowatt-hour
classifier for events and occurrences
system
code of conduct
style of conduct
to write words for popular songs
mannerism
here
there
where
a quantifier for door, bridge etc