Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to cry and mourn for the dead
that
those (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 那nà [那]
quarter (hour)
moment
to carve
to engrave
to cut
oppressive
classifier for short time intervals
quarter of an hour
to portray
to depict
to curry favour with
to flatter
to pander to
to stand
to set up
to establish
to lay down
to draw up (an agreement)
at once
immediately
to ascend the throne
upright
standing
to appoint
to designate
to exist
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
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
to split, to rend
to choose to rub, to wipe
to get
to fetch
to take
to ask for
to rip
to earn a living through dishonest means
to mix thoroughly
to make money
winnow basket
a sieve
a dustpan
a surname
loop (of a fingerprint)