Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
                     
            
              this
            
            
              these
            
            
              (commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
            
            
              the
            
            
              here
            
            
              now
            
            
              then
            
         
        
                     
            
              point
            
            
              dot
            
            
              drop
            
            
              speck
            
            
              o'clock
            
            
              point (in space or time)
            
            
              to draw a dot
            
            
              to check on a list
            
            
              to choose
            
            
              to order (food in a restaurant)
            
            
              to touch briefly
            
            
              to hint
            
            
              to light
            
            
              to ignite
            
            
              to pour a liquid drop by drop
            
            
              (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更gēng [更]
            
            
              dot stroke in Chinese characters
            
            
              classifier for items
            
            
              a spot
            
            
              degree
            
            
              a blot
            
            
              light refreshment
            
            
              to mark off
            
            
              to inspect
            
            
              how?
            
            
              to instruct
            
            
              to advise (especially in 'to mislead')
            
            
              to cheat
            
         
        
                     
            
              already
            
            
              to stop
            
            
              then
            
            
              afterwards
            
            
              only
            
            
              too much
            
            
              enough!
            
            
              used as a final particle to add emphasis
            
         
        
                     
            
              quilt
            
            
              blanket
            
            
              (literary) to cover
            
         
        
        
                     
            
              to like
            
            
              to love
            
            
              to be fond of
            
            
              to be liable to
            
            
              to be likely to
            
         
        
                     
            
              (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
            
            
              (completed action marker)
            
            
              to finish
            
            
              to end
            
            
              to settle
            
            
              a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
            
            
              a verb particle indicating possibility
            
            
              to put in
            
            
              to take away
            
            
              to escape 
            
            
               flee in secret