Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
Perilla frutescens (Chinese basil or wild red basil)
place name
to revive
used as phonetic in transliteration
tassel
a surname
a parapet
to look askance
fish M: 条tiáo [条]
尾wěi [尾]
a surname
KangXi radical 195
a reptile
to fish
to bite
to nip
to gnaw
to snap at
to incriminate
to accuse
to articulate
to pronounce
half
semi-
incomplete
(after a number) and a half
in the middle
partly
very little
to draw out
to pull out from in between
to remove part of the whole
(of certain plants) to sprout or bud
to whip or thrash
to extract
to whip
to lash
to smoke
to shrink
to beat up
to hit
to fight
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
within
among
in
middle
center
while (doing sth)
during