Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to open
to start
to turn on
to boil
to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
to operate (a vehicle)
carat (gold)
abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文Kāi'ěrwén [开尔文]
abbr. for 开本kāiběn [开本], book format
to set up
to run
to leave
to hold (meeting
exhibition)
away
apart
aside
verb particle marking habitual aspect
season
the last month of a season
fourth or youngest amongst brothers
classifier for seasonal crop yields
a surname
most
the most
-est (superlative suffix)
exceedingly
extreme
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
satisfactory
okay
in good order
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
to be able to
to subdue
to restrain
to overcome
gram
Tibetan unit of land area, about
ares
to digest
li (Chinese mile)
500 meters (modern)
home
hometown
village
neighborhood
administrative unit
lane
alley
a precinct
this place
here
a surname
pronoun: he
this
that
those;
particle used at the beginning of sentence to introduce a subject or in the middle or at the end of sentence with an exclamatory force
orchid (兰花 Cymbidium goeringii)
fragrant thoroughwort (兰草 Eupatorium fortunei)
lily magnolia (木兰)
elegant
graceful