Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
(conjunction) neither; either or also; or, used when you want to make a suggestion, similar to the meaning of "what about…?"
"how about…"
to beat
to win
to profit
gain
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
to lose
to transport
to donate
to enter (a password)
to pay
to contribute
to convey
to transmit
(history) for the princes (or their representatives) to have an audience with the Emperor
to look down upon (classical)
to see
to look at (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 看kàn [看]
to glance at
to stare at
to look after
to take care of
to consider
to believe
to watch
to read
to check
to find out
to judge
to bring up opinions
to keep an eye on
to monitor
to pay a visit
to support
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
to obtain
to acquire
to get
to gain
suit
proper
ready
finished
to be satisfied
to permit
to need to
to have gone as far as to
to have even done
can
to open
to start
to turn on
to boil
to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
to operate (a vehicle)
carat (gold)
abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文Kāi'ěrwén [开尔文]
abbr. for 开本kāiběn [开本], book format
to set up
to run
to leave
to hold (meeting
exhibition)
away
apart
aside
verb particle marking habitual aspect