Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
研究人員
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researcher
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
a military commander
a general officer
to command
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
to pawn
pledge
hostage
Taiwan pr. [zhí]
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
to enter
to go into
to join
to become a member of
to confirm or agree with
abbr. for 入声rùshēng [入声]
to receive
to sink
harmonize with
to arrive at
to put in
to return (to)
to revert to
to restore
to go back
to come back
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
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
single
alone
one only
one of pair
month (in prison sentence)
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
to take a look; to check something out [colloquial]
used in asking questions in conversations, similar to saying "is it ….?"; "Isn't it?"
"Yes or no?"
to (a place)
until (a time)
up to
to go
to arrive
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
been to
a particle used after a verb or adjective to indicate degree
extent