Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
an alternative form for 能,to be able
but
yet
however
while
to go back
to decline
to retreat
nevertheless
even though
to repel
to do away with
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de [的]), ‘s 2. him 3. her 4. it 5. subordinate particle 6. this 7. that 8. these 9. those 10. to go to 11. an expletive in a phrase or a sentence with no particular meaning 12. (of road) branch
-ly
structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
earth
soil
ground
region
the base of the coffin