Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
        
                     
            
              this
            
            
              these
            
            
              (commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
            
            
              the
            
            
              here
            
            
              now
            
            
              then
            
         
        
                     
            
              used as an expletive at the end of a sentence
            
         
        
        
        
                     
            
              to speak
            
            
              to say
            
            
              to explain
            
            
              to scold
            
            
              to tell off
            
            
              a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)
            
            
              to criticize
            
            
              to try to influence someone to do something
            
            
              to mean
            
         
        
        
        
        
        
                     
            
              life
            
            
              age
            
            
              generation
            
            
              era
            
            
              world
            
            
              lifetime
            
            
              epoch
            
            
              descendant
            
            
              noble
            
            
              a surname
            
            
              a period of 30 years
            
            
              a form of address used between family friends of that is of a different generation
            
         
        
                     
            
              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