Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
cover
sheath
to encase
a case
to overlap
to interleave
bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names)
harness
classifier for sets, collections
tau (Greek letter Ττ)
glove
to cover with
convention
to copy
to base it on
a loop
a knot
to trick someone into taling
a trap
a trick
to slip over
to harness
to attempt to win over a friendship
favour
a condom
to live
to dwell
to stay
to reside
to stop
(suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
used after a verb to indicate a continuous state or an action which has not been completed yet
used between two verbs to indicate the two actions being performed simultaneously
used after a verb to indicate the action is temporary, similar to adding 'for now' or 'yet' after a verb
grain
granule
classifier for small round things (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc)
a small particle
to have rice as food
ten thousand
a quantifier for hours
a 'pip' on the shoulder of police's uniform indicating the rank
copper (chemistry)
see also 红铜hóngtóng [红铜] M: 块kuài [块]
brass
bronze
pillar M: 根gēn [根]
cylinder
column
pole
support
to lean on
to split, to rend
to choose to rub, to wipe
to get
to fetch
to take
to ask for
to rip
(noun) (tools) a screwdriver
to turn
to twist
to wring
to sprain
to swing one's hips
to seize
to (a place)
until (a time)
up to
to go
to arrive
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
been to
a particle used after a verb or adjective to indicate degree
extent
to go out
to come out
to occur
to produce
to go beyond
to rise
to put forth
to happen
to grow
to have (something unpleasant occurring)
to leave
to send out
out
used in transliteration
to come
used as a final particle to add emphasis