Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
(located) at
(to be) in
to exist
in the middle of doing sth
(indicating an action in progress)
to depend on
to rest with
to be alive
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
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
lining
interior
inside
internal
within
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
face M: 张zhāng [张]
个gè [个]
reputation
dignity
honour
countenance
front part of something
cheek
on top
upon
above
upper
previous
first (of multiple parts)
superior, highest
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
to ask
to inquire about
to interrogate
to hold responsible
to regard as
to figure
to calculate
to compute
to count
to plan
to guess
to suppose
to reckon
to include
to count in
as
to consider
to matter
let it be
that's enough
finally
at long last
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
to manufacture
to make
produce
to cut out (garment)
to tailor