Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
position
location
place
seat
classifier for people (honorific)
classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
throne
post
rank
status
to push
to cut
to refuse
to reject
to decline
to shirk (responsibility)
to put off
to delay
to push forward
to nominate
to elect
massage
to shove
to promote
to recommend
to help someone get promoted
to put on bets
(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
dish (type of food)
vegetable
cuisine M: 盘pán [盘]
道dào [道]
(coll.) (one's) type
a prostitute
a sexuallt attractive girl
young woman
a girlfriend
an ox
beef
correct
right
so
thus
like this
–ly
nevertheless
to promise
to pledge
if so
to burn
he or him
(used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant)
(used before sb's name for emphasis)
(used as a meaningless mock object)
other
another
(noun suffix)
son
child
offspring
person
seed
eggs of animals
the first character in the duodecimal cycle
title of respect for men of distinction
pupil
disciple
one's spouse
rank of nobility equivalent to a viscount
subsidiary
subordinate
numerator
anything small
young
to do
to make
to produce
to write
to compose
to act as
to engage in
to hold (a party)
to be
to become
to function (in some capacity)
to serve as
to be used for
to form (a bond or relationship)
to pretend
to feign
to act a part
to put on appearance
to fight
to kill
to trick
to have sex
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
(adjective) (of generations) 1. Great-grand; (noun)
Great-grand mother or father; (Reduplication) "太太" =
wife; 2. Mrs.
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
also
too
(in Classical Chinese) final particle implying affirmation
neither
either
even
as well
still
likewise
market
city M: 个gè [个]
trade
town
to deal in
to try to gain profits
to show special favor to someone
part of the terminology used in metric system
li (Chinese mile)
500 meters (modern)
home
hometown
village
neighborhood
administrative unit
lane
alley
a precinct
this place
here
a surname
face
side
surface
aspect
top
classifier for flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc
dimension
on one side
to face
superficial
personally
façade
extent
range
scale
scope
to meet
to confront
directly
one's face
respect
reputation
honour
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
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else