Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
model
type (e.g. blood type)
pattern
mold for casting
stylish
fashionable
smart
good-looking
cool
(experienced action marker)
to cross
to go over
to pass (time)
to celebrate (a holiday)
to live
to get along
excessively
too-
to pass
to pass through
to go across
to surpass
to exceed
to excel
too much
mistake
fault
to transfer (funds
territory
allegiance)
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
share
portion
part
thigh
classifier for smells, electric currents, spirals etc
whiff
low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科kē [科]
thigh
haunch
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
to go
to go to (a place)
to cause to go or send (sb)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
to buy
to purchase
to bribe
to persuade
to bet
to place a bet on
to kill
to have killed
sentence-final particle, contraction of "嘅呀" (Cantonese), to express doubt
reservation
emphasis
disapproval
see also 嘅kài [嘅]