Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
li (Chinese mile)
500 meters (modern)
home
hometown
village
neighborhood
administrative unit
lane
alley
a precinct
this place
here
a surname
some
few
several
measure word indicating a small amount or small number (greater than 1)
a little
somewhat
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
west
western
occident
foreign
a surname
abbreviation for Spain
westwards
a pawn-ticket
cunt
taste
smell
classifier for drugs (in TCM)
dish
ingredients
odor
interest
to ponder over
to go
to go to (a place)
to cause to go or send (sb)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
lit. big hotel, as a synonym for funeral parlour
big or grand hotel
also
too
(in Classical Chinese) final particle implying affirmation
neither
either
even
as well
still
likewise