Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
the people
nationality
citizen
folk
subjects
someone in a certain occupataion, such as farmer, fisherman
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
to wait
to inquire after
to watch
season
climate
(old) period of five days
to expect
to visit
to greet
condition
to establish
to found
to set up
to build
to construct
a lunar month
a surname
to overturn
five-string lute
Taiwan pr. [zhú]
to build
a place name
thing
object
matter
abbr. for physics 物理
creature
substance
content
other people
the physical world
(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