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
free gift
with a free gift
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
to sweep
to clear away
to raid
to disrupt
to attack
all
disappointed
to sketch
to sweep across
to move quickly left and right
to round off
to sweep the tomb
a broom
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
branch
classifier for sticks, rods, pencils, flowers etc
limbs
to branch off
how much
how many
several
a few
quite
shortly thereafter
next in sequence
second
the second (day, time etc)
secondary
vice-
sub-
infra-
inferior quality
substandard
order
sequence
hypo- (chemistry)
classifier for enumerated events: time
temporary accommodation when travelling
a surname
hair
feather
down
wool
mildew
mold
coarse or semifinished
young
raw
careless
unthinking
nervous
scared
(of currency) to devalue or depreciate
classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角jiǎo [角] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分fēn [分])
a surname
hairy
furry
woolen
flurried
too detailed
approximate
added to a statement as a way to reject or ridicule it
to pawn
pledge
hostage
Taiwan pr. [zhí]
an alternative form for 鑞, solder