Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
a parapet
to look askance
many
much
often
a lot of
numerous
more
in excess
how (to what extent)
multi-
Taiwan pr. [duó] when it means "how"
much better
plenty
exceed
demonstrably
position
location
place
seat
classifier for people (honorific)
classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
throne
post
rank
status
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
uncle (father's elder brother)
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
two
both
some
a few
tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1
16 of a catty 斤jīn [斤] (old)
a group of about ten people
role to play a character in a play
show
movie etc
to extend
to state
to explain
9th earthly branch: 3-5 p.m., 7th solar month (7th August-7th September), year of the Monkey
to report (to a superior)
abbreviation for Shanghai
surname
to repeat
straight
to straighten
fair and reasonable
frank
straightforward
(indicates continuing motion or action)
vertical
vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters
fair and honest
on duty
directly
continously
just
only
indeed