Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
cowrie
shellfish
currency (archaic)
(noun suffix)
son
child
offspring
person
seed
eggs of animals
the first character in the duodecimal cycle
title of respect for men of distinction
pupil
disciple
one's spouse
rank of nobility equivalent to a viscount
subsidiary
subordinate
numerator
anything small
young
to depend on
to hang on in a place
bad
to renege (on promise)
to disclaim
to rat (on debts)
rascally
to blame
to put the blame on
to accuse falsely
to shirk one's responsibility
to drag out one's stay in a place
no good
a surname
an alternative form for 攋, to leave
to have incontinence
pagoda
tower
minaret
stupa (abbr. loanword from Sanskrit tapo) M: 座zuò [座]
column
to lock up
to lock
to handcuff
a lock
to write
to sketch
to compose
to write out
to describe
a parapet
to look askance
Zheng state during the Warring States period
surname Zheng
abbr. for 郑州Zhèngzhōu [郑州]
serious
solemn
attentive
earnest
classics
sacred book
scripture
to pass through
to undergo
to bear
to endure
warp (textile)
longitude
menstruation
channel (TCM)
abbr. for economics 经济jīngjì [经济]
unchanged principle
to manage
constant
regular
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
to advise
to urge
to try to persuade
to exhort
to console
to soothe
to recommend
to induce
to encourage
to surrender
to capitulate
to concede
to subdue
to tame
to vanquish
a book
a letter
a document M: 本běn [本]
册cè [册]
部bù [部]
to write
a certificate
a script
a style of calligraphy
storyteller
book of history
to document
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this