Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to leave (a message etc)
to retain
to stay
to remain
to keep
to preserve
to halt
to stop
to detain
to study abroad
to grow
to bequeath
to set aside
to take in
to ask someone to stay
to pay attention to
to concentrate on
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
(located) at
(to be) in
to exist
in the middle of doing sth
(indicating an action in progress)
to depend on
to rest with
to be alive
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
second (of time)
unit of angle or arc equivalent to one sixtieth of a degree
beard of corn or grain