Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
源遠流長
yun4 jyun5 lau4 coeng4
long-standing
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
an alternative form for 能,to be able
(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
back
behind
rear
afterwards
after
later
descendants
then
a surname
future
after next
succeeding
quilt
blanket
(literary) to cover
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)