Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
school
sect
purpose
model
ancestor
clan
to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work)
classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs
lineage
ancestry
great master
to help
to assist
to aid
assistance
country
nation
state
national M: 个gè [个]
Chinese
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
right (-hand)
the Right (politics)
west (old)
to assist
to emphasize
horse M: 匹pǐ [匹]
horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess
knight in Western chess
a surname
KangXi radicial 187
a subordinate
a prostitute
a follower in a triad gang
a motor bike
next in sequence
second
the second (day, time etc)
secondary
vice-
sub-
infra-
inferior quality
substandard
order
sequence
hypo- (chemistry)
classifier for enumerated events: time
temporary accommodation when travelling
a surname
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
full
to fill
completely
more
a surname