Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to sit
to take a seat
to take (a bus, airplane etc)
to bear fruit
variant of 座zuò [座]
a seat
for a building to have its back towards
to put something on a fire
to be sentenced
bed
couch
classifier for beds M: 张zhāng [张]
chassis
framework
tail
remainder
remnant
extremity
sixth of the 28 constellations
classifier for fish
end
the stern
the rear
the last
hair on a horse's tail
spikelets on a cricket's tail
a reprisal
bad consequences
loose ends
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
to obtain
to acquire
to get
to gain
suit
proper
ready
finished
to be satisfied
to permit
to need to
to have gone as far as to
to have even done
can
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
(of water) to dash against
to mix with water
to infuse
to rinse
to flush
to develop (a film)
to rise in the air
to clash
to collide with
to soar
to neutralise
to offset
to wash away
tight
strict
close at hand
near
urgent
tense
hard up
short of money
to tighten
taut
firm
secure
tight (short of money)
placed afte a verb to indicate an ongoing
continuous
non-stopping action
fast
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)