Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
Zheng Chenggong (Koxinga)
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
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then
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 scale (a height)
to ascend
to mount
to publish or record
to enter (e.g. in a register)
to press down with the foot
to step or tread on
to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect)
to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)
to board
to climb
toi harvest
to bury
to conceal
to hide
to settle (an account)
to close out
to finish up
to move closer to
closer together
as well
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
summoning one to come and serve