Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
to buy
to purchase
to bribe
to persuade
to bet
to place a bet on
to kill
to have killed
mosquito
gnat
dollar
ten thousand
ten thousand bucks
point
dot
drop
speck
o'clock
point (in space or time)
to draw a dot
to check on a list
to choose
to order (food in a restaurant)
to touch briefly
to hint
to light
to ignite
to pour a liquid drop by drop
(old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更gēng [更]
dot stroke in Chinese characters
classifier for items
a spot
degree
a blot
light refreshment
to mark off
to inspect
how?
to instruct
to advise (especially in 'to mislead')
to cheat
(adverb) same as; exactly as; equivalent to; 'which means' or 'which is to say', usually used before explanations
two
both
some
a few
tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1
16 of a catty 斤jīn [斤] (old)
a group of about ten people
an alternative form for the word帳, tent
an alternative form for the word脹, swell
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval