Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
used in asking questions in conversations, similar to saying "is it ….?"; "Isn't it?"
"Yes or no?"
to cover
to wrap
to hold
to include
to take charge of
to contract (to or for)
package
wrapper
container
bag
to hold or embrace
bundle
packet M: 个gè [个]
只zhī [只]
a bun
a surname
to surround
to cover and hide
inclusive of
to guarantee
to promise
to keep a mistress or a second wife
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
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
real
true
honest
really
solid
fruit
seed
definitely
closely
tightly
fact
reality
to fill
practical
actual
concrete
substantial
hard
a sub-group of the 14K triad gang
euphemism for the word ?, prick
penis
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
to press from either side
to place in between
to sandwich
to carry sth under armpit
wedged between
between
to intersperse
to mix
to mingle
clip
folder
Taiwan pr. [jiá]
double layered
lined
to work together
to chip in together
forcibly
as well as
tweezers
pincers
pliers
a fasterner
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
to scatter
to break up (a meeting etc)
to disperse
to disseminate
to dispel
(coll.) to sack
to get rid of