Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
road M: 条tiáo [条]
journey
route
line (bus etc)
sort
kind
path
street
journey
way
a surname
direction
course
logic
the record of each baccarat game
trend
tendency
way out of a situation
way forward
a sexual relationship
to fly
to dart
to float
to dump (break up with) someone
to travel by plane
to rush to somewhere
to toss
to throw
to skip pass
to flutter
to move swiftly
to cut (hair)
flying
a ticket
a bullet
a hoodlum
quanitifyer for cigarettes
black
dark
sinister
secret
shady
illegal
to hide (sth) away
to vilify
(loanword) to hack (computing)
evil
gloomy
glum (facial expression)
unlucky
unfortunate
cursed
(experienced action marker)
to cross
to go over
to pass (time)
to celebrate (a holiday)
to live
to get along
excessively
too-
to pass
to pass through
to go across
to surpass
to exceed
to excel
too much
mistake
fault
to transfer (funds
territory
allegiance)
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
how much
how many
several
a few
quite
shortly thereafter
down
downwards
below, under, underneath
lower
later
next (week etc)
second (of two parts)
to decline
to go down
to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
inferior
to recruit
to provoke
to beckon
to incur
to infect
contagious
a move (chess)
a maneuver
device
trick
to confess
a movement (in martial arts)
a surname
swagger
to summon
arrogant
vain
conceited
to admit
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
to stop
to halt
to park (a car)
to suspend
hand
(formal) to hold
person engaged in certain types of work
person skilled in certain types of work
personal(ly)
convenient
classifier for skill M: 双shuāng [双]
只zhī [只]
portable
handy
handwritten
skill
skilled person
used in the noun first hand, second hand etc
a quantifier for the smallest tradable unit of stocks
a hand of cards
a game
a turn (gambling terminology)
to stop up
to squeeze in
to stuff
cork
stopper
to block up
orchid (兰花 Cymbidium goeringii)
fragrant thoroughwort (兰草 Eupatorium fortunei)
lily magnolia (木兰)
elegant
graceful
(once) again
also
both... and...
and yet
(used for emphasis) anyway
and (used in the context when talking about fractions)
in adddition
describes something of immediate concern; …is on the way; watch out, here they come [colloquial]
used in transliteration
to come
used as a final particle to add emphasis
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval