Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
he or him
(used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant)
(used before sb's name for emphasis)
(used as a meaningless mock object)
other
another
great-grand
great-great grand
a surname
(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
on top
upon
above
upper
previous
first (of multiple parts)
superior, highest
to speak
to say
to explain
to scold
to tell off
a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)
to criticize
to try to influence someone to do something
to mean
to think
to believe
to suppose
to wish
to want
to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)
to plan
paternal cousins
part of an official title for subordinates or lower rank officials in ancient times
scissors
shears
clippers M: 把bǎ [把]
to cut with scissors
to trim
to wipe out or exterminate
to divide
to separate
ticket
ballot
bank note M: 张zhāng [张]
person held for ransom
amateur performance of Chinese opera
classifier for groups, batches, business transactions
warrant
certificate
cheque
an official printed slip
the vote
a business deal
slip of paper or bamboo
invoice
stamp
mouth
classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)
classifier for bites or mouthfuls
open end
entrance
gate
opening
person
edge or blade of a knife
a crack
KangXi radical 30
to go
to go to (a place)
to cause to go or send (sb)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed