Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
according to
to act in accordance with
to depend on
to seize
to occupy
a base
evidence
proof
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
(located) at
(to be) in
to exist
in the middle of doing sth
(indicating an action in progress)
to depend on
to rest with
to be alive
city walls
city
town M: 座zuò [座]
道dào [道]
个gè [个]
municipality
inside
inner
internal
within
interior
domestic
one's wife
wife's relatives
the imperial courts
the female members (of a family)
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
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
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
important
vital
to want
to ask for
will
going to (as future auxiliary)
may
must
(used in a comparison) must be
probably
if
essential points
necessary
necessity
to desire
to need
should
monarch
lord
gentleman
ruler
sovereign
chief
a formal form of address for a male in formal speech, you
Mr
to invite
to provoke
to demand or ask for
to send armed forces to suppress
to denounce or condemn
to marry (a woman)
to discuss or study
to beg
point
dot
drop
speck
o'clock
point (in space or time)
to draw a dot
to check on a list
to choose
to order (food in a restaurant)
to touch briefly
to hint
to light
to ignite
to pour a liquid drop by drop
(old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更gēng [更]
dot stroke in Chinese characters
classifier for items
a spot
degree
a blot
light refreshment
to mark off
to inspect
how?
to instruct
to advise (especially in 'to mislead')
to cheat