Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
(noun) Up stair; (figurative - old) 1. China
to do
to make
to produce
to write
to compose
to act as
to engage in
to hold (a party)
to be
to become
to function (in some capacity)
to serve as
to be used for
to form (a bond or relationship)
to pretend
to feign
to act a part
to put on appearance
to fight
to kill
to trick
to have sex
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
small script (calligraphy)
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
classifier for houses or buildings
ridgepole (old)
one thousand
to fall or drop
(of the sun) to set
(of a tide) to go out
to lower
to decline or sink
to lag or fall behind
to fall onto
to rest with
to get or receive
to write down
whereabouts
settlement
to deliver
to put in
an alternative form for the word的, a possessive, adjectival suffix