Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to shout
to call
to order
to ask
to be called
by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
to cry
to hail
to greet
to cause
outside
in addition
foreign
external
informal
relatives of one's mother
sisters
daughters
abroad
part of the name of some of the roles in traditional Chinese opera
courtyard
institution M: 个gè [个]
yard
court
college
hospital
designation for certain government offices and public places
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
to wait
to inquire after
to watch
season
climate
(old) period of five days
to expect
to visit
to greet
condition
(located) at
(to be) in
to exist
in the middle of doing sth
(indicating an action in progress)
to depend on
to rest with
to be alive
to ascend
to rise to the rank of
to promote
to hoist
liter
measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou 斗dǒu [斗]
to advance
litre
(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
an alternative form for the word太, too