Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to fish with a hook and bait
to tempt
to lure
a fishhook
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret
base
foundation
basic
radical (chemistry)
(slang) gay
according to
basis
to describe a man with effeminate characteristics
elder brother
a term of address for an older male
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
strip
item
article
clause (of law or treaty)
classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers, people (in slangs) etc)
order
orderliness
ten dollars
a crow
black
dark
a surname
what
how
when
silk
thread
trace M: 条tiáo [条]
the number 10-4
strings
spot
colored patch
stripe
spotted
striped
variegated
speckle
stain
a garoupa
back
behind
rear
afterwards
after
later
descendants
then
a surname
future
after next
succeeding