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
shell
carapace
crust (earth's crust etc)
also pr. [ké]
casing
husk
hull
a ladle
used as a classifier, scoop
used as a classifier for measuring the quantity of drugs, cap (toothpaste tube cap size) of
to burn
to cook
to stew
to bake
to roast
to heat
to boil (tea, water etc)
fever
to run a temperature
(coll.) to let things go to one's head
classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc
variant of 分fèn [分]
portion
part
duty
suffix used after province
month to express unit
a unit
a share