Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
        
        
        
                     
            
              all
            
            
              both
            
            
              entirely
            
            
              (used for emphasis) even
            
            
              already
            
            
              (not) at all
            
            
              metropolis
            
            
              capital
            
            
              big city
            
            
              the whole
            
            
              elegant
            
            
              refined
            
            
              without exception
            
            
              also
            
            
              too
            
            
              still
            
            
              used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
            
         
        
        
                     
            
              always
            
            
              ever
            
            
              often
            
            
              frequently
            
            
              common
            
            
              general
            
            
              constant
            
            
              ordinarily
            
            
              eternal
            
            
              lasting
            
            
              conventional
            
            
              regular
            
            
              cap of, a quantifier for drugs
            
         
        
        
        
        
                     
            
              li (Chinese mile)
            
            
              500 meters (modern)
            
            
              home
            
            
              hometown
            
            
              village
            
            
              neighborhood
            
            
              administrative unit
            
            
              lane
            
            
              alley
            
            
              a precinct
            
            
              this place
            
            
              here
            
            
              a surname
            
         
        
                     
            
              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
            
         
        
                     
            
              day
            
            
              sky
            
            
              heaven
            
            
              natural
            
            
              given by nature
            
            
              god
            
            
              season
            
            
              weather
            
            
              emperor
            
            
              imperial
            
            
              the most important thing in life
            
            
              husband
            
            
              celestial
            
            
              above one's head
            
            
              the cover of a coffin
            
         
        
        
                     
            
              to go
            
            
              to go to (a place)
            
            
              to cause to go or send (sb)
            
            
              (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
            
            
              to be apart from in space or time
            
            
              (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
            
            
              (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
            
            
              (of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
            
         
        
        
                     
            
              saliva
            
            
              sweat
            
            
              a ferry crossing
            
            
              a ford (river crossing)
            
            
              abbr. for Tianjin 天津
            
            
              to moisten
            
            
              to dampen
            
         
        
                     
            
              road M: 条tiáo [条]
            
            
              journey
            
            
              route
            
            
              line (bus etc)
            
            
              sort
            
            
              kind
            
            
              path
            
            
              street
            
            
              journey
            
            
              way
            
            
              a surname
            
            
              direction
            
            
              course
            
            
              logic
            
            
              the record of each baccarat game
            
            
              trend
            
            
              tendency
            
            
              way out of a situation
            
            
              way forward
            
            
              a sexual relationship
            
         
        
        
        
        
                     
            
              dish (type of food)
            
            
              vegetable
            
            
              cuisine M: 盘pán [盘] 
            
            
               道dào [道]
            
            
              (coll.) (one's) type
            
            
              a prostitute
            
            
              a sexuallt attractive girl 
            
            
               young woman
            
            
              a girlfriend
            
            
              an ox 
            
            
               beef