Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
a military commander
a general officer
to command
powder
cosmetic face powder
food prepared from starch
noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour
whitewash
white
pink
to crush to powder
powdered
plastered
soft as powder
powdery
pulverized
heroin
drug
fans
to rub or roll between the hands or fingers
to twist
to pass a ball back and forth
to succeed
to finish
to complete
to accomplish
to become
to turn into
to be all right
OK!
one tenth
success
to amount to
whole
full
almost
nearly
capable
a surname
to settle
to be able to
to subdue
to restrain
to overcome
gram
Tibetan unit of land area, about
ares
to digest
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
grain
granule
classifier for small round things (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc)
a small particle
to have rice as food
ten thousand
a quantifier for hours
a 'pip' on the shoulder of police's uniform indicating the rank