Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
head
hair style
the top
end
beginning or end
a stub
remnant
chief
boss
side
aspect
first
leading
classifier for pigs or livestock M: 个gè [个]
used as a suffix
an area
a location
second month of a season
middle
intermediate
second amongst brothers
a surname
a mediator
still (doing something)
still (usually used in the context of ‘still not’ or to describe the remaining time left till something)
even more
in addition
last but not the least
to print
to mark
to engrave
a seal
a print
a stamp
a mark
a trace
image
a surname
to live
to dwell
to stay
to reside
to stop
(suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
used after a verb to indicate a continuous state or an action which has not been completed yet
used between two verbs to indicate the two actions being performed simultaneously
used after a verb to indicate the action is temporary, similar to adding 'for now' or 'yet' after a verb
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
to hand over
to deliver
to pay (money)
to turn over
to make friends
to intersect (lines)
to exchange
to come into contact with
to come close to
to join
to alternate
to mate
simultaneously
to connect
close
recent
until
till
to stand close together
to cling to
to collude with
customer
visitor
guest
passenger
traveller
stranger
foreigner
someone who is engaged in a particular pursuit
a helping
portion of (a classifier)