Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
        
        
        
                     
            
              to twirl 
            
            
               twist with fingers
            
            
              to hold
            
            
              a wick
            
            
              a type of plucking method for the pipa, a traditional Chinese instrument
            
         
        
        
        
                     
            
              indignant
            
            
              generous
            
            
              to sigh (with emotion)
            
         
        
        
        
        
        
                     
            
              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
            
         
        
        
                     
            
              flat
            
            
              level
            
            
              equal
            
            
              to tie (make the same score)
            
            
              to draw (score)
            
            
              calm
            
            
              peaceful
            
            
              see also 平声píngshēng [平声], the even tone
            
            
              peace
            
            
              short for Peiping
            
            
              a scale
            
            
              a surname
            
            
              to pacify
            
            
              to restore to normal
            
            
              to weigh and pay
            
            
              common
            
            
              fair
            
            
              to conquer
            
            
              to regulate
            
            
              a draw
            
            
              (one) hundred
            
         
        
                     
            
              thing
            
            
              matter (Cantonese)
            
            
              see also 乜嘢miēyě [乜嘢]
            
            
              a derogatory way to refer to a person
            
            
              heroin
            
         
        
                     
            
              red
            
            
              vermilion
            
            
              dark clouds
            
            
              a surname
            
         
        
                     
            
              mother's sister
            
            
              aunt
            
            
              concubine
            
            
              one's wife's sister
            
            
              a general term of address for an older female who is around the same age as one's mum
            
         
        
                     
            
              a parapet
            
            
              to look askance
            
         
        
                     
            
              man
            
            
              person
            
            
              people M: 个gè [个] 
            
            
               位wèi [位]
            
            
              mankind
            
            
              someone else
            
         
        
                     
            
              to ask
            
            
              to inquire about
            
            
              to interrogate
            
            
              to hold responsible
            
         
        
        
        
                     
            
              (noun) Up stair; (figurative - old) 1. China
            
         
        
                     
            
              what should one do?; what to do?; how to resolve this?
            
         
        
                     
            
              to like
            
            
              to love
            
            
              to be fond of
            
            
              to be liable to
            
            
              to be likely to
            
         
        
        
        
        
        
                     
            
              an alternative form for 促, to hurry