Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to hold
to seize
to catch
to apprehend
to take
(used in the same way as 把bǎ [把]: to mark the following noun as a direct object)
to pick up
with
to arrest
to use
to be confirmed
there!
here!
look!
to give something the finger
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc
variant of 分fèn [分]
portion
part
duty
suffix used after province
month to express unit
a unit
a share
(noun) 1. elder brother; (of organisation, company, etc.)
manager; 2. head of department; 3. head of chef; (of gangster) leader
to shout
to call
to order
to ask
to be called
by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
to cry
to hail
to greet
to cause
to (a place)
until (a time)
up to
to go
to arrive
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
been to
a particle used after a verb or adjective to indicate degree
extent
to speak
to say
to explain
to scold
to tell off
a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)
to criticize
to try to influence someone to do something
to mean
same as否 (dated used in old text only), not
no
negative prefix
a final particle
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
suffix, used to form interrogative 什么shénme [什么], what?, indefinite 这么zhème [这么] thus, etc
exclamatory final particle
interrogative final particle
what for
why
do what
sort of
type of
insignificant
tiny