Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
        
                     
            
              one
            
            
              single
            
            
              a (article)
            
            
              as soon as
            
            
              entire
            
            
              whole
            
            
              all
            
            
              throughout
            
            
              "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
            
            
              also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
            
            
              first (positional)
            
            
              one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
            
            
              a short duration (when used with a verb)
            
            
              each
            
            
              same
            
            
              dedicated
            
            
              from the start
            
         
        
                     
            
              classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
            
            
              single
            
            
              alone
            
            
              one only
            
            
              one of pair
            
            
              month (in prison sentence)
            
         
        
                     
            
              role to play a character in a play 
            
            
               show 
            
            
               movie etc
            
         
        
                     
            
              already
            
            
              to stop
            
            
              then
            
            
              afterwards
            
            
              only
            
            
              too much
            
            
              enough!
            
            
              used as a final particle to add emphasis
            
         
        
                     
            
              to tread
            
            
              to stamp
            
            
              to step on
            
            
              to press a pedal
            
            
              to investigate on the spot
            
            
              to trample
            
            
              to walk
            
            
              steady
            
            
              free from anxiety
            
         
        
                     
            
              to enter
            
            
              to go into
            
            
              to join
            
            
              to become a member of
            
            
              to confirm or agree with
            
            
              abbr. for 入声rùshēng [入声]
            
            
              to receive
            
            
              to sink
            
            
              harmonize with
            
            
              to arrive at
            
            
              to put in
            
         
        
        
        
        
        
                     
            
              paragraph
            
            
              section
            
            
              segment
            
            
              stage (of a process)
            
            
              classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc
            
            
              grade 
            
            
               rank in martial arts or chess games
            
            
              a surname
            
            
              phase
            
            
              division
            
         
        
                     
            
              thin piece
            
            
              flake
            
            
              a slice
            
            
              to slice
            
            
              to carve thin
            
            
              partial
            
            
              incomplete
            
            
              one-sided
            
            
              classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water
            
            
              classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc
            
            
              used with numeral 一yī [一]: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc
            
            
              to pare
            
            
              KangXi radical number 91
            
         
        
                     
            
              he or him
            
            
              (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant)
            
            
              (used before sb's name for emphasis)
            
            
              (used as a meaningless mock object)
            
            
              other
            
            
              another
            
         
        
                     
            
              an alternative form for 摹, to imitate
            
         
        
        
                     
            
              child
            
            
              baby
            
            
              infant
            
            
              children
            
            
              young
            
            
              small
            
         
        
                     
            
              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