Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
refers to various monocotyledonous flowering plants including Acorus calamus and Typha orientalis
common cattail
bullrush
a surname
to hang out
to bum around
to loaf about
to party hard
to linger around at a place to kill time
to be a member of a gang looking for trouble or opportunities to make money
to be on the streets
a public building or office
shop
term for certain service establishments
embassy or consulate
schoolroom (old) M: 家jiā [家]
to smoke opium [colloquial]
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
to come across; to meet; to encounter; to rub up against
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right