Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
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
(Cantonese)
to deal with
to punish or kill
(of garments) against the skin
to line
lining
to contrast with
to assist financially
inner garments
to provide a background
background
to bring to the fore
to supplement
to match (clothes, couple, colour)
to give alms
nature's color
green or blue
greenish black
youth
young (of people)
bamboo strip
green pastures
not ripe
gracious
refers to something that is green, such as grass
crops
ghost
demon
terrible
damnable
clever
sly
crafty
sinister plot
(suffix for sb with a certain vice or addiction etc)
one of the 28 constellations
spirit of the dead
devil
a goblin
a term of abuse for any ignoble character,fool
devil
a surname
tricky
deceitful
mischievous
unbelievable
false
dishonest
improper
illicit
incredibly
extremely
the hell
a mole
an informer
(phonetic)
declivity
steep bank
rough terrain
a load
to possess
to control
li (Chinese mile)
500 meters (modern)
home
hometown
village
neighborhood
administrative unit
lane
alley
a precinct
this place
here
a surname
to receive
to accept
to suffer
subjected to
to bear
to stand
pleasant
(passive marker)
to endure
to receive a prison sentence
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
to injure
injury
wound
to be ill from
to grief
distressed
to hurt
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
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
(noun) that time; then; those days; (adverb) at that time; at the time; back then; in those days
乘虛而入
sing4 heoi1 ji4 jap6
take advantage of the void