Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to use
by means of
according to
in order to
because of
at (a certain date or place)
consider as
-ly
structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
earth
soil
ground
region
the base of the coffin
matter
thing
item
work
affair M: 件jiàn [件]
桩zhuāng [桩]
回huí [回]
incident
to be engaged in
to serve
surname Qin
Qin dynasty (221-207 BC) of the first emperor 秦始皇 Qín Shǐhuáng [秦始皇]
abbr. for 陕西Shǎnxī [陕西]
to exchange
to change (clothes etc)
to substitute
to switch
to convert (currency)
to alter
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
dusk
evening
Taiwan pr. [xì]
night
eve
last period of the year
season
month etc
content
calm
still
quiet
safe
secure
in good health
to find a place for
to install
to fix
to fit
to bring (a charge against sb)
to pacify
to harbor (good intentions)
security
safety
peace
ampere
to fabricate
where
how
why
a surname
to lie down
to sleep
to rest
to stop
a resting place
a grave
ugly
bedroom
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
most
the most
-est (superlative suffix)
exceedingly
extreme
to do
to make
to produce
to write
to compose
to act as
to engage in
to hold (a party)
to be
to become
to function (in some capacity)
to serve as
to be used for
to form (a bond or relationship)
to pretend
to feign
to act a part
to put on appearance
to fight
to kill
to trick
to have sex
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
thing
matter (Cantonese)
see also 乜嘢miēyě [乜嘢]
a derogatory way to refer to a person
heroin
(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
moon
month
monthly M: 个gè [个]
轮lún [轮]
KangXi radical 74
a surname
moon-shaped
luna
a woman's confinement month after child birth
ordinal number
day of a month
mark
sign
business establishment
size
ship suffix
horn (wind instrument)
bugle call
assumed name
to take a pulse
classifier used to indicate number of people
title
designation
nickname
store
trumpet
horn
an order
to entitle
to claim