Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
line
trace
mark
pattern
grain (of wood etc)
streak
stripe
wrinkle
vein
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
manner
pattern
way
appearance
shape
classifier: kind, type
sample
variety
style
type
to write
to sketch
to compose
to write out
to describe
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
to make the first stroke (in calligraphy or painting)
to receive
to accept
to collect
to put away
to restrain
to stop
in care of (used on address line after name)
to harvest
to regain
to take something back
to gather
to build an affiliation with someone such as to adopt
to take in
to hide
to retract
to punish
to contain
to end
to retrieve
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
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
to cut
to slash
to scratch (cut into the surface of sth)
to strike (a match)
to divide
to mark off
to lay boundary
to plan
to assign
to transfer
to set aside
to draw (a line)
to delimit
stroke of a Chinese character