Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
front
forward
ahead
first
top (followed by a number)
future
ago
before
BC (e.g. 前293年)
former
formerly
advance
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
beside
one side
other
side
self
the right-hand side of split Chinese character, often the phonetic
collateral
elsewhere
widely
heresy
green jade
bluish green
blue
jade
emerald
cassia
laurel
part of a place name
a surname
land used for growing plants
site used for public recreation
garden
orchard
plantation
park
of
~'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