Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
to shout
to call
to order
to ask
to be called
by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
to cry
to hail
to greet
to cause
to call together
to summon
to convene
temple or monastery (used in place names in Inner Mongolia)
imperial decree
public
collectively owned
common
international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar)
make public
fair
just
Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位wǔděngjuéwèi [五等爵位]
honorable (gentlemen)
father-in-law (husband' side)
male (animal)
maternal grandfather
an old man
official duties
to let
to allow
to submit
to administer
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret
also
too
(in Classical Chinese) final particle implying affirmation
neither
either
even
as well
still
likewise