Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
(located) at
(to be) in
to exist
in the middle of doing sth
(indicating an action in progress)
to depend on
to rest with
to be alive
to cook slowly over a low flame
pot
saucepan
to heat
to boil in a saucepan
to stew
to simmer
to smoke cigarettes
to do something for a prolong period of time
to destroy
to crush one's enemy
li (Chinese mile)
500 meters (modern)
home
hometown
village
neighborhood
administrative unit
lane
alley
a precinct
this place
here
a surname
face
side
surface
aspect
top
classifier for flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc
dimension
on one side
to face
superficial
personally
façade
extent
range
scale
scope
to meet
to confront
directly
one's face
respect
reputation
honour
to judge
to sentence
to discriminate
to discern
obviously (different)
to conclude
disparate
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force