Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
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
ocean
sea M: 个gè [个]
片piàn [片]
great number of people or things
(dialect) numerous
aimlessly
overseas
Shanghai
a surname
1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de [的]), ‘s 2. him 3. her 4. it 5. subordinate particle 6. this 7. that 8. these 9. those 10. to go to 11. an expletive in a phrase or a sentence with no particular meaning 12. (of road) branch
forest
in close rows
dark
severe
rising closely
to explore
to search out
to scout
to visit
to stretch forward
to find
to spy
a detective
to investigate
a secret agent
to venture
to tempt
to stick out
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
(experienced action marker)
to cross
to go over
to pass (time)
to celebrate (a holiday)
to live
to get along
excessively
too-
to pass
to pass through
to go across
to surpass
to exceed
to excel
too much
mistake
fault
to transfer (funds
territory
allegiance)
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
body
life
oneself
personally
one's morality and conduct
the main part of a structure or body
pregnant
classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset
Kangxi radical 158
trunk
hull
lifetime
in person
social status
status
incarnation
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干shítiāngān [十天干]
second in order
letter "B" or roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方yǐfāng [乙方], as opposed to 甲方jiǎfāng [甲方]) or a suppositional person
ethyl
bent
winding
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5)
one unit
woman
concubine
female entertainer (archaic)
beauty
goddess
imperial concubine
emperor
old variant of 惶huáng [惶]
ruler
superior
imperial
royal
a surname
honorific wordfor deceased ancestor used on tombstones
magnificent
splendid
flurried
an alternative form for the word配, match