Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc
variant of 分fèn [分]
portion
part
duty
suffix used after province
month to express unit
a unit
a share
manuscript
draft
stalk of grain
to discuss
to engage in doing
article
piece of writing
used in asking questions in conversations, similar to saying "is it ….?"; "Isn't it?"
"Yes or no?"
east
host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest)
landlord, owner
a surname
rummage
to search
to search for
to check
to look through
west
western
occident
foreign
a surname
abbreviation for Spain
westwards
a pawn-ticket
cunt
to support
classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc
to prop up
fight
quarrel
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
to know
to reprimand
to urge
to long for
to tell
to inform
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
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
clear
distinct
quiet
just and honest
pure
to settle or clear up
to clean up or purge
clean
peaceful
distinct
explicit
Qing dynasty
uncorrupted
(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...
(after a noun) person involved in ...
-er
-ist
(used after a number or 后hòu [后] or 前qián [前] to refer to sth mentioned previously)
(used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term)
(old) (used at the end of a command)
(old) this
a surname
denoting a portion
this
these
yes, yes! (exclamation)
from
self
oneself
since
private
personal
naturally
natural
since