Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
quilt
blanket
(literary) to cover
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
to ask
to inquire about
to interrogate
to hold responsible
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
(adjective) (of generations) 1. Great-grand; (noun)
Great-grand mother or father; (Reduplication) "太太" =
wife; 2. Mrs.
to feel vexed
to bother
to trouble
superfluous and confusing
edgy
irritable
(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