Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to lift
to carry in one's hand
Taiwan pr. [līng]
to take away
to bring over
to make use of someone to do something
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
single
alone
one only
one of pair
month (in prison sentence)
new
newly
meso- (chemistry)
beginning
recent
modern
neo-
the Hsin dynasty
a surname
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
ink stick
China ink M: 块kuài [块]
corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead
writing
black
pitch dark
to embezzle
calligraphy or painting
Mohism
gall bladder
courage
guts
gall
inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos)
bulb
to insert
stick in
pierce
to take part in
to interfere
to interpose
to plant
to stab with a knife
used as part of a place name
to hold
to grasp
to clench (one's fist)
to master
classifier: a handful
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
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
to write words for popular songs
mannerism
here
there
where
a quantifier for door, bridge etc
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
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
to support
classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc
to prop up
fight
quarrel
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval