Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
back
behind
rear
afterwards
after
later
descendants
then
a surname
future
after next
succeeding
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
to hold
to seize
to catch
to apprehend
to take
(used in the same way as 把bǎ [把]: to mark the following noun as a direct object)
to pick up
with
to arrest
to use
to be confirmed
there!
here!
look!
to give something the finger
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
pen
pencil
writing brush
to write or compose
the strokes of Chinese characters
classifier for sums of money, deals M: 支zhī [支]
枝zhī [枝]
quality
style of writing
to do something in writing
an ancient type of farming tool
to buy a property [written and colloquial]