Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
plural suffix for pronouns
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
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
to obtain
to acquire
to get
to gain
suit
proper
ready
finished
to be satisfied
to permit
to need to
to have gone as far as to
to have even done
can
an alternative form for the word太, too
unit of money (in PRC: Chinese yuan, in USA: dollar, etc)
primary
the first
origin
head
eldest
the Yuan Dynasty
a surname
seat of government
government repository (archive)
official residence
mansion
presidential palace
(honorific) Your home
prefecture (from Tang to Qing times)
seat of learning
treasury
residence
(modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise)
...right?
...OK?
...I presume
the people
nationality
citizen
folk
subjects
someone in a certain occupataion, such as farmer, fisherman
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