Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
li (Chinese mile)
500 meters (modern)
home
hometown
village
neighborhood
administrative unit
lane
alley
a precinct
this place
here
a surname
to cover
to shield
to screen
to conceal
to sum up
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
cause
reason
because
on the basis of
as a result of
follow
to establish
to found
to set up
to build
to construct
a lunar month
a surname
to overturn
-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
Yuexiu (a district in Guangzhou)
also
too
(in Classical Chinese) final particle implying affirmation
neither
either
even
as well
still
likewise
to tear open
to tear down
to tear apart
to open
to break up
to split apart
to rip open
to dismantle
to demolish
to unwrap
to figure out
to solve problems
to discuss
to talk over a problem
to negotiate
(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