Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
to use
to employ
to have to
to eat or drink
expense or outlay
usefulness
hence
therefore
to apply
to operate
function
to spend
to make use
to serve as
to eat
to drink
with
to need
to exert
effect
with this
to draw out
to pull out from in between
to remove part of the whole
(of certain plants) to sprout or bud
to whip or thrash
to extract
to whip
to lash
to smoke
to shrink
to beat up
to hit
to fight
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
single
alone
one only
one of pair
month (in prison sentence)
ink stick
China ink M: 块kuài [块]
corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead
writing
black
pitch dark
to embezzle
calligraphy or painting
Mohism
gall bladder
courage
guts
gall
inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos)
bulb
"how big?"; "how old?"; can be used to describe something which is quite big
huge in size; a saying to express a firm attitude in something that one is determined on, somewhat similar to saying "in any event one must…." or "anyhow one must…"
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval