Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
an alternative form for 能,to be able
paternal cousins
part of an official title for subordinates or lower rank officials in ancient times
two
both
some
a few
tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1
16 of a catty 斤jīn [斤] (old)
a group of about ten people
to harness (a river)
to treat (a disease)
to wipe out (a pest)
to punish
to research
to instruct
peaceful and orderly
a surname
water
river
liquid
beverage
additional charges or income
(of clothes) classifier for number of washes
lotion
juice
a surname
KangXi radical 85
money
a way to make money
low quality
poor
1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de [的]), ‘s 2. him 3. her 4. it 5. subordinate particle 6. this 7. that 8. these 9. those 10. to go to 11. an expletive in a phrase or a sentence with no particular meaning 12. (of road) branch
also
too
(in Classical Chinese) final particle implying affirmation
neither
either
even
as well
still
likewise
to yield
to permit
to let sb do sth
to have sb do sth
to make sb (feel sad etc)
to allow
to concede
to convey
to transfer
to make way
to step aside
by
to open
to start
to initiate
to enlighten or awaken
to state
to inform
to begin
to inspire
to declare
to send out
to show (one's feeling)
to issue
to develop
to make a bundle of money
classifier for gunshots (rounds)
to emit
to dispatch
to launch
to generate
to transmit
to produce
to trigger off
to expose
to discover
to prosper
to turn into
to use
to employ
to have to
to eat or drink
expense or outlay
usefulness
hence
therefore
to apply
to operate
function
to spend
to make use
to serve as
to eat
to drink
with
to need
to exert
effect
with this
law
method
way
Buddhist teaching
Legalist
to follow the example of
criterion
regulation
standard
rule
statute
principal
system
to adhere to the rules
France
French
a surname
Buddhist rituals
Buddhist rites
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
as
as if
such as
supposing
if
like
as good as
according to
to go to
should
on time
(verb) Bump into (someone)
cheap
unmerited advantages
glib-tongued
bulging
direct and simple solution to a problem
腳痛醫腳
goek3 tung3 ji1 goek3
foot pain treats feet
and
furthermore
also
together with
(not) at all
simultaneously
to combine
to join
to merge
equally
to be on the same level with
add emphasis when used before a negative, really (not)
side by side