Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
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~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
(dialect) to cook in salt or sand, inside a sealed pot
to steam
to bake
to be trapped in a situation
to be forced to do something
stuffy
muggy
hog
pig
swine M: 口kǒu [口]
头tóu [头]
a virgin
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
to
for
for the benefit of
to give
to allow
to do sth (for sb)
(grammatical equivalent of 被)
(grammatical equivalent of 把)
(sentence intensifier)
to supply
to provide
well provided for
abundant
glib
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
to be short of money
poor