Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
old (of people)
venerable (person)
experienced
of long standing
always
all the time
of the past
very
outdated
(of meat etc) tough
old age
abbreviation for Laotse, the founder of Taoism
a surname
to retire from official service
to become old
to honor the aged
shameless, thick-skinned
familiar term of respect for elderly people
decrepit
hardened
steady
trustworthy
dark
deep (colour)
youngest (in Beijing dialect)
parents
to assign
to appoint
to take up a post
office
responsibility
to let
to allow
to give free rein to
no matter (how, what etc)
classifier for the number of terms served in office, post, or rank
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
star
heavenly body
satellite
small amount
planet
luminous celestial bodies
spark
fragments
a celebrity
nocturnal
name of one of the 28 constellations
astrology
1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de [的]), ‘s 2. him 3. her 4. it 5. subordinate particle 6. this 7. that 8. these 9. those 10. to go to 11. an expletive in a phrase or a sentence with no particular meaning 12. (of road) branch
to stop
to block
card M: 张zhāng [张]
片piàn [片]
calorie
cassette
(computing) (coll.) slow
lorry
truck
checkpoint
customs barrier
road block
to get stuck
to be jammed
to choke
a carriage
close
recent
until
till
to stand close together
to cling to
to collude with
life
age
generation
era
world
lifetime
epoch
descendant
noble
a surname
a period of 30 years
a form of address used between family friends of that is of a different generation
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
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
耳熟能詳
ji5 jyun4 nang4 soeng2
familiar