Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
an alternative form for 能,to be able
(verb) Take someone's time
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
to gallop
speedily
to proceed to
to pilot (ship, plane etc)
to sail
to drive
fast
quick
tight
strict
close at hand
near
urgent
tense
hard up
short of money
to tighten
taut
firm
secure
tight (short of money)
placed afte a verb to indicate an ongoing
continuous
non-stopping action
fast
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
snow
snowfall M: 场cháng [场]
to have the appearance of snow
to wipe away, off or out
to clean
to avenge
to restitute a wrong
to wipe away a humiliation
to rehabiliate a good name
a surname
ice
ice-product
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
KangXi radical 112
country
nation
state
national M: 个gè [个]
Chinese
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
(adverb phrase) During the trip
journey
to fish with a hook and bait
to tempt
to lure
a fishhook
fish M: 条tiáo [条]
尾wěi [尾]
a surname
KangXi radical 195
a reptile
to fish
road M: 条tiáo [条]
journey
route
line (bus etc)
sort
kind
path
street
journey
way
a surname
direction
course
logic
the record of each baccarat game
trend
tendency
way out of a situation
way forward
a sexual relationship
to fly
to dart
to float
to dump (break up with) someone
to travel by plane
to rush to somewhere
to toss
to throw
to skip pass
to flutter
to move swiftly
to cut (hair)
flying
a ticket
a bullet
a hoodlum
quanitifyer for cigarettes
to (a place)
until (a time)
up to
to go
to arrive
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
been to
a particle used after a verb or adjective to indicate degree
extent
an exclamation
expletive, similar to saying 'shit!'
euphemism for ?, fuck