Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to receive
to answer (the phone)
to meet or welcome sb
to connect
to catch
to join
to extend
to take one's turn on duty
to take over for sb
to continue
to make contact with
to pick up
a surname
famous
prominent
to write
to compile
writing
literary work
aboriginal
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
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
he or him
(used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant)
(used before sb's name for emphasis)
(used as a meaningless mock object)
other
another
day
sky
heaven
natural
given by nature
god
season
weather
emperor
imperial
the most important thing in life
husband
celestial
above one's head
the cover of a coffin
to drag
to tow
to trail
to hang down
to mop (the floor)
to delay
to drag on
to haul
to prolong
to procrastinate
to encumber
to implicate
to lead
a hand
to grab
to seize
with difficulties
buffeted