Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to fish with a hook and bait
to tempt
to lure
a fishhook
nature's color
green or blue
greenish black
youth
young (of people)
bamboo strip
green pastures
not ripe
gracious
refers to something that is green, such as grass
crops
to fall or drop
(of the sun) to set
(of a tide) to go out
to lower
to decline or sink
to lag or fall behind
to fall onto
to rest with
to get or receive
to write down
whereabouts
settlement
to deliver
to put in
to lend
to borrow
by means of
to take (an opportunity)
to make use of
important
vital
to want
to ask for
will
going to (as future auxiliary)
may
must
(used in a comparison) must be
probably
if
essential points
necessary
necessity
to desire
to need
should
stingy
to save
thrifty
frugal
to be short of
to be deficient of
half
semi-
incomplete
(after a number) and a half
in the middle
partly
very little
strip
item
article
clause (of law or treaty)
classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers, people (in slangs) etc)
order
orderliness
ten dollars