Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
single
alone
one only
one of pair
month (in prison sentence)
color M: 种zhǒng [种]
look
appearance
sex
tint
hue
shade
form
beauty
desire for beauty
lust
lewdness
worldly things
sort
Kangxi radical 139
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
real
true
honest
really
solid
fruit
seed
definitely
closely
tightly
fact
reality
to fill
practical
actual
concrete
substantial
hard
a sub-group of the 14K triad gang
euphemism for the word ?, prick
penis
modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation
approval
surprise
appreciation
consent
request for an answer or confirmation
(Cantonese) to topple
to collapse
to kill someone
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
to live
to dwell
to stay
to reside
to stop
(suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
used after a verb to indicate a continuous state or an action which has not been completed yet
used between two verbs to indicate the two actions being performed simultaneously
used after a verb to indicate the action is temporary, similar to adding 'for now' or 'yet' after a verb
an alternative form for the word帳, tent
an alternative form for the word脹, swell
body
life
oneself
personally
one's morality and conduct
the main part of a structure or body
pregnant
classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset
Kangxi radical 158
trunk
hull
lifetime
in person
social status
status
incarnation
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
(slang) someone's ability or captivity