Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
(phonetic)
declivity
steep bank
rough terrain
a load
to possess
to control
li (Chinese mile)
500 meters (modern)
home
hometown
village
neighborhood
administrative unit
lane
alley
a precinct
this place
here
a surname
smart
clever
showing initiative
to give (guidance
money
a slap)
to present
to return (to)
to revert to
to restore
to go back
to come back
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
a parapet
to look askance
general
popular
everywhere
universal
widespread
common
all
lucky
giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)
propitious
good
fortunate
auspicious
propitious
vacant
unoccupied
empty
mandarin orange
seven (triad jargon)
to inject heroin
chicken (triad jargon)
halo around sun
moon or colour
light
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
final particle meaning 'merely
only' when used in a rhetorical question