Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
        
        
                     
            
              how much
            
            
              how many
            
            
              several
            
            
              a few
            
            
              quite
            
            
              shortly thereafter
            
         
        
                     
            
              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
            
         
        
                     
            
              county
            
            
              district
            
            
              prefecture
            
         
        
                     
            
              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
            
         
        
                     
            
              man
            
            
              person
            
            
              people M: 个gè [个] 
            
            
               位wèi [位]
            
            
              mankind
            
            
              someone else
            
         
        
                     
            
              all
            
            
              both
            
            
              entirely
            
            
              (used for emphasis) even
            
            
              already
            
            
              (not) at all
            
            
              metropolis
            
            
              capital
            
            
              big city
            
            
              the whole
            
            
              elegant
            
            
              refined
            
            
              without exception
            
            
              also
            
            
              too
            
            
              still
            
            
              used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
            
         
        
                     
            
              an alternative form for 智,wisdom
            
         
        
                     
            
              you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
            
            
              can be used to refer to an unspecified person
            
         
        
                     
            
              because of
            
            
              for
            
            
              on account of
            
            
              on behalf of
            
            
              by (in the passive voice)
            
         
        
                     
            
              (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
            
         
        
                     
            
              relative
            
            
              parent
            
            
              grief
            
            
              sorrow
            
            
              battle-axe
            
            
              adversity
            
            
              a surname
            
            
              uneasy
            
         
        
                     
            
              surname Qin
            
            
              Qin dynasty (221-207 BC) of the first emperor 秦始皇 Qín Shǐhuáng [秦始皇]
            
            
              abbr. for 陕西Shǎnxī [陕西]
            
         
        
                     
            
              used in names of foreign tribes
            
         
        
                     
            
              to seek justice for a wrong
            
         
        
                     
            
              to link
            
            
              to join
            
            
              to connect
            
            
              continuously
            
            
              in succession
            
            
              including
            
            
              (used with 也, 都 etc) even
            
            
              company (military)
            
            
              to involve
            
            
              including
            
            
              together with
            
            
              besides
            
            
              to the extent of
            
            
              company (of soldiers)
            
            
              a surname
            
         
        
                     
            
              official
            
            
              government
            
            
              organ of body M: 个gè [个]
            
            
              officer
            
            
              government run
            
            
              state-owned
            
            
              public
            
            
              general
            
         
        
        
        
                     
            
              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