Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
an alternative form for 閒, idle
hand
(formal) to hold
person engaged in certain types of work
person skilled in certain types of work
personal(ly)
convenient
classifier for skill M: 双shuāng [双]
只zhī [只]
portable
handy
handwritten
skill
skilled person
used in the noun first hand, second hand etc
a quantifier for the smallest tradable unit of stocks
a hand of cards
a game
a turn (gambling terminology)
to grab
to catch
to arrest
to snatch
to scratch
to take charge of
to control
round flat cake
cookie
cake
pastry M: 张zhāng [张]
biscuits
ten thousands dollars
an alternative form for the word的, a possessive, adjectival suffix
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
exactly
in good order
whole
complete
entire
in order
orderly
to repair
to mend
to renovate
(coll.) to fix sb
to give sb a hard time
to mess with sb
to tidy
to arrange
to adjust
to make ready
to set in order
to make
to fetch
to give
to trick
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
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)