Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
strip
item
article
clause (of law or treaty)
classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers, people (in slangs) etc)
order
orderliness
ten dollars
thin piece
flake
a slice
to slice
to carve thin
partial
incomplete
one-sided
classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water
classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc
used with numeral 一yī [一]: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc
to pare
KangXi radical number 91
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
(experienced action marker)
to cross
to go over
to pass (time)
to celebrate (a holiday)
to live
to get along
excessively
too-
to pass
to pass through
to go across
to surpass
to exceed
to excel
too much
mistake
fault
to transfer (funds
territory
allegiance)
part of a double-barreled surname
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
to gallop
speedily
to proceed to
to pilot (ship, plane etc)
to sail
to drive
fast
quick
to stop
to prohibit
until
only
demeanor
appearance
stature
to halt
to stop over
to rest in
to arrive
still
stagnant
calm
an alternative form for 趾, toe
idea
meaning
thought
to think
wish
desire
intention
to expect
to anticipate
opinion
will
purpose
attention
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