Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
        
        
                     
            
              (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
            
         
        
        
                     
            
              on top
            
            
              upon
            
            
              above
            
            
              upper
            
            
              previous
            
            
              first (of multiple parts)
            
            
              superior, highest
            
         
        
        
        
        
        
                     
            
              (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
            
         
        
                     
            
              also
            
            
              too
            
            
              (in Classical Chinese) final particle implying affirmation
            
            
              neither
            
            
              either
            
            
              even
            
            
              as well
            
            
              still
            
            
              likewise
            
         
        
                     
            
              to allow
            
            
              to grant
            
            
              in accordance with
            
            
              in the light of
            
            
              quasi-
            
         
        
        
                     
            
              important
            
            
              vital
            
            
              to want
            
            
              to ask for
            
            
              will
            
            
              going to (as future auxiliary)
            
            
              may
            
            
              must
            
            
              (used in a comparison) must be
            
            
              probably
            
            
              if
            
            
              essential points
            
            
              necessary
            
            
              necessity
            
            
              to desire
            
            
              to need
            
            
              should
            
         
        
        
        
        
        
                     
            
              Epang palace
            
            
              to hesistate
            
         
        
                     
            
              -ly
            
            
              structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
            
            
              earth
            
            
              soil
            
            
              ground
            
            
              region
            
            
              the base of the coffin
            
         
        
        
                     
            
              commerce
            
            
              merchant
            
            
              dealer
            
            
              to consult
            
            
              2nd note in pentatonic scale
            
            
              quotient (as in 智商zhìshāng [智商], intelligence quotient)
            
            
              to discuss
            
         
        
                     
            
              to receive
            
            
              to accept
            
            
              to collect
            
            
              to put away
            
            
              to restrain
            
            
              to stop
            
            
              in care of (used on address line after name)
            
            
              to harvest
            
            
              to regain
            
            
              to take something back
            
            
              to gather
            
            
              to build an affiliation with someone such as to adopt 
            
            
               to take in
            
            
              to hide
            
            
              to retract
            
            
              to punish
            
            
              to contain
            
            
              to end
            
            
              to retrieve
            
         
        
        
                     
            
              correct
            
            
              right
            
            
              so
            
            
              thus
            
            
              like this
            
            
              –ly
            
            
              nevertheless
            
            
              to promise
            
            
              to pledge
            
            
              if so
            
            
              to burn
            
         
        
                     
            
              empress
            
            
              queen
            
            
              sovereign
            
            
              monarch
            
            
              ruler
            
            
              simplified form of後, behind, rear, after, descendants
            
         
        
                     
            
              to establish
            
            
              to found
            
            
              to set up
            
            
              to build
            
            
              to construct
            
            
              a lunar month
            
            
              a surname
            
            
              to overturn
            
         
        
        
        
        
        
                     
            
              li (Chinese mile)
            
            
              500 meters (modern)
            
            
              home
            
            
              hometown
            
            
              village
            
            
              neighborhood
            
            
              administrative unit
            
            
              lane
            
            
              alley
            
            
              a precinct
            
            
              this place
            
            
              here
            
            
              a surname
            
         
        
                     
            
              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