Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
an alternative form for 能,to be able
name
noun (part of speech)
place (e.g. among winners)
famous
classifier for people
rank
title
position
fame
reputation
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
in one's words; precisely as one has predicted
guessed
country
nation
state
national M: 个gè [个]
Chinese
tight
strict
close at hand
near
urgent
tense
hard up
short of money
to tighten
taut
firm
secure
tight (short of money)
placed afte a verb to indicate an ongoing
continuous
non-stopping action
fast
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
used in transliteration
to come
used as a final particle to add emphasis
to extinguish or put out
to go out (of a fire etc)
to exterminate or wipe out
to drown
to disappear
to destroy
sound
voice
tone
noise
classifier for sounds
fame
reputation
to declare
to make a sound