Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
        
        
                     
            
              famous
            
            
              prominent
            
            
              to write
            
            
              to compile
            
            
              writing
            
            
              literary work
            
            
              aboriginal
            
         
        
                     
            
              multiple times; repeatedly
            
         
        
                     
            
              rock
            
            
              stone
            
            
              stone inscription
            
            
              one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音bāyīn [八音]
            
            
              mineral elements in medicine
            
            
              a surname
            
            
              stone made-
            
            
              unproductive
            
            
              mineral
            
            
              KangXi radical 112
            
         
        
        
        
        
                     
            
              seat
            
            
              base
            
            
              stand M: 个gè [个]
            
            
              classifier for buildings, mountains and similar immovable objects
            
         
        
        
                     
            
              of
            
            
              ~'s (possessive particle)
            
            
              (used after an attribute)
            
            
              (used to form a nominal expression)
            
            
              (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
            
            
              truly
            
            
              really
            
            
              indeed
            
            
              target
            
            
              to lift up
            
            
              few
            
            
              small
            
            
              to fetch
            
            
              to move
            
            
              to get
            
            
              to pick up
            
            
              to force
            
         
        
                     
            
              gate
            
            
              door M: 扇shàn [扇]
            
            
              gateway
            
            
              doorway M: 个gè [个]
            
            
              opening
            
            
              valve
            
            
              switch
            
            
              way to do something
            
            
              knack
            
            
              family
            
            
              house
            
            
              (religious) sect
            
            
              school (of thought)
            
            
              class
            
            
              category
            
            
              phylum or division (taxonomy)
            
            
              classifier for large guns
            
            
              classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology
            
            
              (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)
            
            
              clan
            
            
              gang
            
            
              key
            
            
              turning point
            
            
              a surname
            
            
              KangXi radical 169
            
         
        
                     
            
              house with more than 1 story
            
            
              storied building
            
            
              floor M: 层céng [层] 
            
            
               座zuò [座] 
            
            
               栋dòng [栋]
            
            
              flat
            
            
              apartment
            
            
              a surname