Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to leave (a message etc)
to retain
to stay
to remain
to keep
to preserve
to halt
to stop
to detain
to study abroad
to grow
to bequeath
to set aside
to take in
to ask someone to stay
to pay attention to
to concentrate on
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
words
speech
to say
to talk
language
dialect
KangXi radical 149
spoken words
speech
talk
words
conversation
what sb said M: 种zhǒng [种]
席xí [席]
句jù [句]
口kǒu [口]
番fān [番]
to talk
to speak
to tell
to advise
to persuade
to think
an alternative form for 智,wisdom
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval
down
downwards
below, under, underneath
lower
later
next (week etc)
second (of two parts)
to decline
to go down
to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
inferior
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
to gather
to collect
collected works
classifier for sections of a TV series etc: episode
a market
to compile
achievements
rice M: 粒lì [粒]
meter (classifier)
grain-like things
money
a cigarette
an alternative version of邂, to encounter
horse M: 匹pǐ [匹]
horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess
knight in Western chess
a surname
KangXi radicial 187
a subordinate
a prostitute
a follower in a triad gang
a motor bike
field
farm M: 片piàn [片]
a surname
a Kangxi radical 102
to farm
to hunt
history
annals
title of an official historian in ancient China
chronicle
a surname
high
tall
above average
loud
your (honorific)
lofty
a high level or degree
superior
a surname
elevated
respectable
noble
expensive
old
supreme
high pitched
high quality
height
west
western
occident
foreign
a surname
abbreviation for Spain
westwards
a pawn-ticket
cunt
(phonetic)
this
a surname
then