Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
        
        
                     
            
              an alternative to the word麼, a final interrogative particle
            
         
        
                     
            
              to see
            
            
              to look at
            
            
              to read
            
            
              to watch
            
            
              to visit
            
            
              to call on
            
            
              to consider
            
            
              to regard as
            
            
              to depend on
            
            
              to feel (that)
            
            
              (after verb) to give it a try
            
            
              Watch out! (for a danger)
            
            
              to consult a doctor
            
            
              to judge
            
         
        
        
        
        
                     
            
              straight
            
            
              erect
            
            
              to stick out (a part of the body)
            
            
              to (physically) straighten up
            
            
              to support
            
            
              to withstand
            
            
              outstanding
            
            
              (coll.) quite
            
            
              very
            
            
              classifier for machine guns
            
            
              rigid
            
            
              to stand upright
            
            
              to hold out
            
            
              rather
            
            
              quite
            
         
        
                     
            
              new
            
            
              newly
            
            
              meso- (chemistry)
            
            
              beginning
            
            
              recent
            
            
              modern
            
            
              neo-
            
            
              the Hsin dynasty
            
            
              a surname
            
         
        
        
                     
            
              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
            
         
        
        
                     
            
              unit of money (in PRC: Chinese yuan, in USA: dollar, etc)
            
            
              primary
            
            
              the first
            
            
              origin
            
            
              head
            
            
              eldest
            
            
              the Yuan Dynasty
            
            
              a surname
            
         
        
                     
            
              at once
            
            
              right away
            
            
              only
            
            
              just (emphasis)
            
            
              as early as
            
            
              already
            
            
              as soon as
            
            
              then
            
            
              in that case
            
            
              as many as
            
            
              even if
            
            
              to approach
            
            
              to move towards
            
            
              to undertake
            
            
              to engage in
            
            
              to suffer
            
            
              subjected to
            
            
              to accomplish
            
            
              to take advantage of
            
            
              to go with (of foods)
            
            
              with regard to
            
            
              concerning
            
            
              to yield oneself to
            
            
              to compromise
            
            
              will do
            
            
              no other
            
            
              to let 
            
            
               allow something be a certain way
            
            
              according to
            
            
              supposing
            
            
              either…or
            
            
              exactly
            
            
              precisely
            
            
              definitely
            
            
              to accommodate
            
            
              has 
            
            
               have been
            
            
              to give in
            
         
        
        
        
                     
            
              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
            
         
        
        
                     
            
              white
            
            
              snowy
            
            
              pure
            
            
              bright
            
            
              empty
            
            
              blank
            
            
              plain
            
            
              clear
            
            
              to make clear
            
            
              in vain
            
            
              gratuitous
            
            
              free of charge
            
            
              reactionary
            
            
              anti-communist
            
            
              funeral
            
            
              to stare coldly
            
            
              to write wrong character
            
            
              to state
            
            
              to explain
            
            
              vernacular
            
            
              spoken lines in opera
            
            
              unblemished
            
            
              a surname
            
            
              the spoken dialogue in a stage show
            
            
              to have a strong drink to celebrate
            
            
              to clear up
            
            
              to confess to
            
            
              to turn white
            
            
              for no reason
            
            
              simply
            
            
              just
            
            
              easy to understand
            
         
        
        
                     
            
              (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
            
            
              (completed action marker)
            
            
              to finish
            
            
              to end
            
            
              to settle
            
            
              a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
            
            
              a verb particle indicating possibility
            
            
              to put in
            
            
              to take away
            
            
              to escape 
            
            
               flee in secret