Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
a surname
the name of a mountain
to coerce
to force
to strive to
to try hard to
an alternative form for 背, back
1. nine 2. multiple times; repeatedly 3. (crude) shithead
square
power or involution (mathematics)
upright
honest
fair and square
direction
side
party (to a contract, dispute etc)
place
method
prescription (medicine)
just when
only or just
classifier for square things
abbr. for square or cubic meter
locality
to disobey
to criticize and compare
just now
region
local
rectangular
occultism
a surname
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
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret
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
an alternative form for 閒, idle
new
newly
meso- (chemistry)
beginning
recent
modern
neo-
the Hsin dynasty
a surname
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
surname Qin
Qin dynasty (221-207 BC) of the first emperor 秦始皇 Qín Shǐhuáng [秦始皇]
abbr. for 陕西Shǎnxī [陕西]
to be fond of
to like
to enjoy
to be happy
to feel pleased
happiness
delight
glad
pregnancy
happy event