Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
house
room M: 间jiān [间]
个gè [个]
shelter
building
item
component
classifier for events, things, clothes etc
matter
letter
document
correspondence
one
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
first (positional)
one part of a fraction, such as 'a' quarter, an eighth
a short duration (when used with a verb)
each
same
dedicated
from the start
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
to rise
to raise
to get up
to set out
to start
to appear
to launch
to initiate (action)
to draft
to establish
to get (from a depot or counter)
verb suffix, to start
(before place or time) starting from
classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
classifier for groups: batch, group
to stand up
to go up
to happen
to take place
to uncover
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person