Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
        
        
        
                     
            
              mound
            
            
              policeman's beat
            
            
              post
            
            
              position
            
            
              station
            
            
              welt
            
            
              ridge
            
         
        
                     
            
              large river M: 条tiáo [条] 
            
            
               道dào [道]
            
            
              Yangzi river
            
            
              a surname
            
         
        
                     
            
              mountain range
            
            
              mountain ridge
            
            
              mountain peak
            
         
        
                     
            
              to open
            
            
              to start
            
            
              to initiate
            
            
              to enlighten or awaken
            
            
              to state
            
            
              to inform
            
            
              to begin
            
            
              to inspire
            
            
              to declare
            
         
        
                     
            
              bright
            
            
              opposite: dark 暗àn [暗]
            
            
              (of meaning) clear
            
            
              to understand
            
            
              next
            
            
              public or open
            
            
              wise
            
            
              generic term for a sacrifice to the gods
            
            
              light
            
            
              brilliant
            
            
              clear-sighted
            
            
              eye sight
            
            
              the next (day 
            
            
               year)
            
            
              the ming dynasty
            
            
              a surname
            
         
        
                     
            
              Buddhist temple 
            
            
               monastery
            
            
              mosque
            
            
              government office (old)
            
            
              a palace attendant
            
            
              court
            
         
        
                     
            
              cowrie
            
            
              shellfish
            
            
              currency (archaic)
            
         
        
                     
            
              to go through
            
            
              to know well
            
            
              (suffix) expert
            
            
              to connect
            
            
              to communicate
            
            
              open
            
            
              to clear
            
            
              classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc
            
            
              to pass through
            
            
              common
            
            
              unobstructed
            
            
              to reach
            
            
              to notify
            
            
              general
            
            
              whole
            
            
              throughout
            
            
              logical
            
            
              coherent
            
            
              to unblock
            
         
        
                     
            
              saliva
            
            
              sweat
            
            
              a ferry crossing
            
            
              a ford (river crossing)
            
            
              abbr. for Tianjin 天津
            
            
              to moisten
            
            
              to dampen
            
         
        
                     
            
              cigarette or pipe tobacco M: 根gēn [根]
            
            
              smoke
            
            
              mist
            
            
              vapour M: 缕lǚ [缕]
            
            
              tobacco plant
            
            
              (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke
            
            
              ace (in playing cards)
            
            
              soot
            
            
              opium
            
         
        
                     
            
              block
            
            
              gate pillar
            
            
              pier
            
            
              classifier for clusters of plants
            
            
              classifier for rounds in a card game: trick
            
            
              a sitting block
            
         
        
                     
            
              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
            
         
        
        
                     
            
              river bank
            
            
              shore
            
            
              river drainage ditch (old)
            
            
              part of a palce name
            
            
              a surname
            
         
        
        
                     
            
              number
            
            
              figure
            
            
              several M: 个gè [个]
            
            
              fate
            
            
              an amount of money
            
            
              a debt
            
         
        
                     
            
              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
            
         
        
        
                     
            
              (n.) (a dated term) an apartment house or a building with a western style design.
            
         
        
                     
            
              group
            
            
              crowd
            
            
              flock, herd, pack etc
            
            
              numerous
            
            
              to join with
            
            
              to associate with