Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
an alternative form for 能,to be able
sheet
piece of writing
bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old)
classifier for written items: chapter, article
chapter
section
1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de [的]), ‘s 2. him 3. her 4. it 5. subordinate particle 6. this 7. that 8. these 9. those 10. to go to 11. an expletive in a phrase or a sentence with no particular meaning 12. (of road) branch
to kill
to murder
to fight
to weaken or reduce
to smart (dialect)
to counteract
(used after a verb) extremely
to destroy
to exterminate
to hurt
disposition of troops
wave
spate
burst
spell
short period of time
classifier for events or states of short duration
battle formation
battle front
spasmodically
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
(adjective) (of generations) 1. Great-grand; (noun)
Great-grand mother or father; (Reduplication) "太太" =
wife; 2. Mrs.
many
much
often
a lot of
numerous
more
in excess
how (to what extent)
multi-
Taiwan pr. [duó] when it means "how"
much better
plenty
exceed
demonstrably
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation