Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
a military commander
a general officer
to command
an alternative form for the word帳, tent
an alternative form for the word脹, swell
to stop
to block
card M: 张zhāng [张]
片piàn [片]
calorie
cassette
(computing) (coll.) slow
lorry
truck
checkpoint
customs barrier
road block
to get stuck
to be jammed
to choke
a carriage
to go
to go to (a place)
to cause to go or send (sb)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
to pass
to spend (time)
measure
limit
extent
degree of intensity
degree (angles, temperature etc)
kilowatt-hour
classifier for events and occurrences
system
code of conduct
style of conduct
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mannerism
here
there
where
a quantifier for door, bridge etc