Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
(of taste) hot or pungent
hard
laborious
suffering
eighth in order
eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干shítiāngān [十天干]
letter "H" or roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
octa
a surname
bitter in taste
bitter in experience
hardworking
miserables
quilt
blanket
(literary) to cover
to watch attentively
to fix one's attention on
to stare at
to gaze at
to keep eyes on
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
to obtain
to acquire
to get
to gain
suit
proper
ready
finished
to be satisfied
to permit
to need to
to have gone as far as to
to have even done
can
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret