Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
two
both
some
a few
tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1
16 of a catty 斤jīn [斤] (old)
a group of about ten people
large place used for a specific purpose
stage
scene (of a play)
classifier for sporting or recreational activities
classifier for number of exams
field
market
open space
spell
bout, a classifier
a business
a bar
a nightclub
a place of entertainment
a triad headquarters
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
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
hand
(formal) to hold
person engaged in certain types of work
person skilled in certain types of work
personal(ly)
convenient
classifier for skill M: 双shuāng [双]
只zhī [只]
portable
handy
handwritten
skill
skilled person
used in the noun first hand, second hand etc
a quantifier for the smallest tradable unit of stocks
a hand of cards
a game
a turn (gambling terminology)
broken
damaged
worn out
lousy
rotten
to break, split or cleave
to get rid of
to destroy
to break with
to defeat
to capture (a city etc)
to expose the truth of
to ruin
to rout
to cut
to defeat
to beat
to solve
to spend (money, time, efforts)
to send out
to show (one's feeling)
to issue
to develop
to make a bundle of money
classifier for gunshots (rounds)
to emit
to dispatch
to launch
to generate
to transmit
to produce
to trigger off
to expose
to discover
to prosper
to turn into
(pronoun) they; he; she; I; other people; everybody else