Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
-ly
structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
earth
soil
ground
region
the base of the coffin
heel
to follow closely
to go with
to marry sb (of woman)
with
towards
as (compared to)
from (different from)
and (in addition to)
to accompany
to be loyal to
for a woman to be in a relationship with someone
to follow a big brother in a triad gang
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
to speak
to say
to explain
to scold
to tell off
a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)
to criticize
to try to influence someone to do something
to mean
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
width
roll
classifier for textiles or pictures
hem
to delimit
to transfer
to assign
to plan
to draw (a line, a picture)
stroke of a Chinese character
to paint
to sketch
to delineate
to divide
to set aside
to put one's signature