Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
(adverb) (look on) dully or blankly; (look on) helplessly; to describe how one is watching something happening right before one's very eyes but that there is nothing that one can do about it
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
eye
small hole
crux (of a matter) M: 只zhī [只]
双shuāng [双]
classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc) or needle, nail, lamp etc
eyelet
opening
aperture
salient point
insight
trap (in chess)
unaccented beat (in opera)
eyesight
to live
to dwell
to stay
to reside
to stop
(suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
used after a verb to indicate a continuous state or an action which has not been completed yet
used between two verbs to indicate the two actions being performed simultaneously
used after a verb to indicate the action is temporary, similar to adding 'for now' or 'yet' after a verb
to clasp
to cup the hands
to hold up with both hands
to offer (esp. in cupped hands)
to praise
to flatter
a cupped handful of, a quantifier
to walk
to go
to run
to move (of vehicle)
to visit
to leave
to go away
to die (euph.)
from
through
away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走chèzǒu [撤走])
to change (shape, form, meaning)
to escape
to run away
to make a trip
to leak out
to incur loss
one's humble self
(adjective) the ninth; to describe one's ability as poor; (of person) useless
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
to compete
competition
match
to surpass
better than
superior to
to excel
contest
race
to be comparable to
to be a match for
an ancient sacrificing ceremony to gods
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
(noun) first prize winner