Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
used in transliteration
to come
used as a final particle to add emphasis
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
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
single
alone
one only
one of pair
month (in prison sentence)
multiple times; repeatedly
a parapet
to look askance
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
spoken words
speech
talk
words
conversation
what sb said M: 种zhǒng [种]
席xí [席]
句jù [句]
口kǒu [口]
番fān [番]
to talk
to speak
to tell
to advise
to persuade
to think
short
brief
to lack
weak point
fault
deficient
lacking
shortcomings
mistakes
to owe
unwise
inadequate
insufficient
(pronoun) why; how to explain; how come;
right
trap
trick
pawn
to regard as
to pawn
thought
fit
proper
safe
appropriate
to treat as
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
to startle
to be frightened
to be scared
to be alarmed
scary
surprised
violent
furious
fierce
raging
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
to sell
to betray
to spare no effort
to show off or flaunt; an alternative form for 鬻, sell
child
nourish