Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
(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
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
to ascend
to rise to the rank of
to promote
to hoist
liter
measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou 斗dǒu [斗]
to advance
litre
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret
(two, three etc) -fold
times (multiplier)
double
to increase or multiply
exceptionally
particular