Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
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
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
(slang) a man who likes flirting or molesting women; a pervert; a rude man or a rough man; a bloke
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
not to have
no
none
not
to lack
un-
–less
without
a parapet
to look askance
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
to overtake
to catch up with
to hurry
to rush
to try to catch (the bus etc)
to drive (cattle etc) forward
to drive (sb) away
to avail oneself of (an opportunity)
until
to pursue
to follow
to expel
to encounter
to be a match for
to increase the pace of
to herd
swiftly
quickly
to win back lost money in gambling