Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
a military commander
a general officer
to command
two
both
some
a few
tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1
16 of a catty 斤jīn [斤] (old)
a group of about ten people
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
classifier for houses or buildings
ridgepole (old)
one thousand
variegated
heterogeneous
to refute
to contradict
to ship by barge
a barge
a lighter (ship)
to unload from a ship
mixed
confused
variegated
to link up
to connect
to bury
to conceal
to hide
to settle (an account)
to close out
to finish up
to move closer to
closer together
as well