Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
(adverb) sloppily; shoddily; slackly; randomly; casually; anyhow; haphazardly (describes the unmindfulness in doing something, i.e. without putting much effort or thoughts into it); (expression) "whatever"; "anything goes"; (adjective of an action) perfunctory; slipshod
(literary) to wipe away (tears)
to press with one's fingers
to soak
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
to hire
to rent
to charter
to rent out
to lease out
rent
land tax
rental
taxes
to partition a room; to charge customers sharing a taxi together per head instead (to split the cost) [colloquial]
serious (illness)
sincere
true
deep
genuine
critical illness
to poke
to stab
the end
rear
bottom of something
a quanitifier for excretions such as faeces or urine
to take heroin by injection
to betray someone by letting out a 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
"go in"; to enter (often used to welcome someone to enter a place)
(once) again
also
both... and...
and yet
(used for emphasis) anyway
and (used in the context when talking about fractions)
in adddition
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