Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
由上而下
jau4 soeng6 ji4 haa6
from head to toe; from top to bottom; top-down
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
(once) again
also
both... and...
and yet
(used for emphasis) anyway
and (used in the context when talking about fractions)
in adddition
pen
pencil
writing brush
to write or compose
the strokes of Chinese characters
classifier for sums of money, deals M: 支zhī [支]
枝zhī [枝]
quality
style of writing
to do something in writing
lenient
wide
broad
spacious
vast
tolerant
to relieve
to relax
to extend
well-off
position
location
place
seat
classifier for people (honorific)
classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
throne
post
rank
status
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
an alternative form for the word的, a possessive, adjectival suffix