Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
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
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
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
circle
round
circular
spherical
(of the moon) full
unit of Chinese currency (Yuan)
tactful
to justify
complete
perfect
to make plausible
(verb) To limit (into a frame)
classifier for years (of age)
year
year (of crop harvests)
age
to open
to start
to turn on
to boil
to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
to operate (a vehicle)
carat (gold)
abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文Kāi'ěrwén [开尔文]
abbr. for 开本kāiběn [开本], book format
to set up
to run
to leave
to hold (meeting
exhibition)
away
apart
aside
verb particle marking habitual aspect
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
five
a surname
multifarious
gun
firearm
rifle
spear
thing with shape or function similar to a gun M: 支zhī [支]
把bǎ [把]
杆gǎn [杆]
条tiáo [条]
枝zhī [枝]
to substitute for another person in a test
to knock
classifier for rifle shots
lance
javelin