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
cause
reason
because
on the basis of
as a result of
follow
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
law
method
way
Buddhist teaching
Legalist
to follow the example of
criterion
regulation
standard
rule
statute
principal
system
to adhere to the rules
France
French
a surname
Buddhist rituals
Buddhist rites
to go
to go to (a place)
to cause to go or send (sb)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
li (Chinese mile)
500 meters (modern)
home
hometown
village
neighborhood
administrative unit
lane
alley
a precinct
this place
here
a surname
to establish
to found
to set up
to build
to construct
a lunar month
a surname
to overturn
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret
prefecture
(old) province
(old) administrative division
state (e.g. of US)
oblast (Russia)
canton (Switzerland)
continent
to settle in a place
place surrounded by water
customer
visitor
guest
passenger
traveller
stranger
foreigner
someone who is engaged in a particular pursuit
a helping
portion of (a classifier)
transport; to move; fortune