Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
purple
violet
amethyst
Lithospermum erythrorhizon (flowering plant whose root provides red purple dye)
Japanese: murasaki
a surname
flog
rapid
to whip
chastise
to strike
to forfeit (a deposit)
to repudiate (debt)
to screw up
to shuffle
to display
to show
untidy
slipshod
to mix together
to chat up
dollar or ringgit (Malaysian
Singaporean currency unit)
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
water
river
liquid
beverage
additional charges or income
(of clothes) classifier for number of washes
lotion
juice
a surname
KangXi radical 85
money
a way to make money
low quality
poor
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
an alternative form for 痰, phlegm