Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to shout
to call
to order
to ask
to be called
by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
to cry
to hail
to greet
to cause
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
-ly
structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
earth
soil
ground
region
the base of the coffin
used as part of a place name
to go
to go to (a place)
to cause to go or send (sb)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
to read
to study
reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音pīnyīn [拼音]
to attend school
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
roots or stems of plants
origin
source
this
the current
root
foundation
basis
classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
originally
my
our
based on
edition
copy
capital
cost
principal
local
a book
a letter
a document M: 本běn [本]
册cè [册]
部bù [部]
to write
a certificate
a script
a style of calligraphy
storyteller
book of history
to document
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then
to smash
to pound
to fail
to muck up
to bungle
to crush
to break
to pound
to mash
to fail
to fall through
to flop
to love
affection
to be fond of
to like
love
to be apt to
to want
to keep
to pick
harbor
port M: 个gè [个]
small stream
bay
abbreviation for Hong Kong