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
to bury
to conceal
to hide
to settle (an account)
to close out
to finish up
to move closer to
closer together
as well
(adv.) altogether (to do something outright), (e.g. 佢唔單止訓得少, 有時直頭唔訓 He doesn't sleep much, sometimes he skips sleeping altogether); definitely; absolutely; totally; completely; directly; undoubtedly; unquestionably; literally
to step on
to tread
to stamp
to press a pedal
to pedal (a bike)
to walk on stilts
to propel oneself with the movement of feet
to search for
to belittle
to criticise harshly
to continuously work non-stop to try and finish something
to lose money in successive bets in gambling
to enter
to cross into (a territory)
tight
strict
close at hand
near
urgent
tense
hard up
short of money
to tighten
taut
firm
secure
tight (short of money)
placed afte a verb to indicate an ongoing
continuous
non-stopping action
fast
board
plank
plate
shutter
table tennis bat
clappers (music) M: 块kuài [块]
accented beat in Chinese music
hard
stiff
to stop smiling or look serious