Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to recognize
to know
to admit
to understand
to enter into a certain relationship with
to offer to do something
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
to change
to become different
to transform
to vary
rebellion
to alter
to turn into
to become
uncommon
unexpected turn of events
accident
changeable
it
other
used as a meaningless mock object
on top
upon
above
upper
previous
first (of multiple parts)
superior, highest
to speak
to say
to explain
to scold
to tell off
a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)
to criticize
to try to influence someone to do something
to mean
一國兩制
yat1 gwok3 loeng5 zai3
one country, two systems
港人治港
gong2 jan4 zi6 gong2
(political term) Hong Kong people govern Hong Kong
(noun + adjective)1. son is little; (adverb) in detail
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