Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
to shout
to call
to order
to ask
to be called
by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
to cry
to hail
to greet
to cause
white
snowy
pure
bright
empty
blank
plain
clear
to make clear
in vain
gratuitous
free of charge
reactionary
anti-communist
funeral
to stare coldly
to write wrong character
to state
to explain
vernacular
spoken lines in opera
unblemished
a surname
the spoken dialogue in a stage show
to have a strong drink to celebrate
to clear up
to confess to
to turn white
for no reason
simply
just
easy to understand
to alert
to warn
police
to guard
to keep watch
alarm
quick
agile
matter
thing
item
work
affair M: 件jiàn [件]
桩zhuāng [桩]
回huí [回]
incident
to be engaged in
to serve
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval
namely
that is
i.e.
prompt
at once
at present
even if
prompted (by the occasion)
to approach
to come into contact
to assume (office)
to draw near
quickly
immediately
member of the senior ministerial class (old)
scholar (old)
bachelor
honorific
first class military rank
specialist worker
soldier
the name for one type of the chess piece in Chinese chess
part of the title for someone trained in certain professions