Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
elder brother
a term of address for an older male
-ly
structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
earth
soil
ground
region
the base of the coffin
to recognize
to know
to admit
to understand
to enter into a certain relationship with
to offer to do something
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
high salary and substantial position