Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to use
to employ
to have to
to eat or drink
expense or outlay
usefulness
hence
therefore
to apply
to operate
function
to spend
to make use
to serve as
to eat
to drink
with
to need
to exert
effect
with this
black
dark
sinister
secret
shady
illegal
to hide (sth) away
to vilify
(loanword) to hack (computing)
evil
gloomy
glum (facial expression)
unlucky
unfortunate
cursed
an alternative form for 墜, to fall down
to break; a term used to describe the feeble or deformed state of the body (literally: used bad
messed up seed while breeding)
to extinguish or put out
to go out (of a fire etc)
to exterminate or wipe out
to drown
to disappear
to destroy
level
grade
rank
step (of stairs) M: 个gè [个]
classifier: step, level
class
decapitated head
band
belt
girdle
ribbon
tire
area
zone
region M: 条tiáo [条]
to wear
to carry
to take along
to bear (i.e. to have)
to lead
to bring
to look after
to raise
to involve
mix with
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
two
both
some
a few
tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1
16 of a catty 斤jīn [斤] (old)
a group of about ten people
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)
used in transliteration for 'sir', in addressing a policeman or a male school teacher
dragon M: 条tiáo [条]
imperial
symbol of an emperor
used in literature to describe horse
symbolic of great name
a surname
KangXi radical 212
a queue
money
snake meat
six
to ascend
to rise to the rank of
to promote
to hoist
liter
measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou 斗dǒu [斗]
to advance
litre
skill
technique
ability
trick
talent
ingenuity
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