Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
same as荷,to carry
lotus
water lilly
holland
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
used as an expletive at the end of a sentence
to cover up
to paint over
friend
companion
fraternity
member of an association
club
school etc
to befriend
kind
allied
(located) at
(to be) in
to exist
in the middle of doing sth
(indicating an action in progress)
to depend on
to rest with
to be alive
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
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
an alternative form for 諷, to satirize
to rise
to raise
to get up
to set out
to start
to appear
to launch
to initiate (action)
to draft
to establish
to get (from a depot or counter)
verb suffix, to start
(before place or time) starting from
classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
classifier for groups: batch, group
to stand up
to go up
to happen
to take place
to uncover