Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
a military commander
a general officer
to command
two
both
some
a few
tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1
16 of a catty 斤jīn [斤] (old)
a group of about ten people
to pick up (a powder etc) with the fingertips
to scoop up
to collect together
to extract
to gather up
classifier: pinch
tuft
a cross (as opposite to a tick)
side
edge
margin
border
boundary M: 个gè [个]
simultaneously
verge
hem
limits
bounds
nearby
near to
a surname
which
where
what
to enter
to go into
to join
to become a member of
to confirm or agree with
abbr. for 入声rùshēng [入声]
to receive
to sink
harmonize with
to arrive at
to put in
new
newly
meso- (chemistry)
beginning
recent
modern
neo-
the Hsin dynasty
a surname
straight
to straighten
fair and reasonable
frank
straightforward
(indicates continuing motion or action)
vertical
vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters
fair and honest
on duty
directly
continously
just
only
indeed
to weave
to plait
to organize
to group
to arrange
to edit
to compile
to write
to compose
to fabricate
to knit
to arrive
most
to
until
to reach
extremely
very
only then
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
noun; from the eye of the heart
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force