Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to buy
to purchase
to bribe
to persuade
to bet
to place a bet on
to kill
to have killed
(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
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
single
alone
one only
one of pair
month (in prison sentence)
(slang) someone's ability or captivity
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
to shout
to call
to order
to ask
to be called
by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
to cry
to hail
to greet
to cause
layer
stratum
laminated
floor (of a building)
storey
classifier for layers
repeated
sheaf (math.)
to overlap