Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
(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
(adverb, preposition) (of age, height etc.) above
roots or stems of plants
origin
source
this
the current
root
foundation
basis
classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
originally
my
our
based on
edition
copy
capital
cost
principal
local
to gather
to collect
collected works
classifier for sections of a TV series etc: episode
a market
to compile
achievements
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
to hold
to contain
to allow
to tolerate
appearance
look
countenance
form
face
appearance
to permit
to forgive
to pardon
to forbear
forbearance
li (Chinese mile)
500 meters (modern)
home
hometown
village
neighborhood
administrative unit
lane
alley
a precinct
this place
here
a surname
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
to obtain
to acquire
to get
to gain
suit
proper
ready
finished
to be satisfied
to permit
to need to
to have gone as far as to
to have even done
can
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle