Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
(adverb) same as; exactly as; equivalent to; 'which means' or 'which is to say', usually used before explanations
grain
granule
classifier for small round things (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc)
a small particle
to have rice as food
ten thousand
a quantifier for hours
a 'pip' on the shoulder of police's uniform indicating the rank
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
to remember
sign
an inscription
上下左右
soeng5 haa6 zo2 jau6
up down left right
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
te simplified form for 鬱, luxuriant
depressed
to go
to go to (a place)
to cause to go or send (sb)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
to do
to make
to produce
to write
to compose
to act as
to engage in
to hold (a party)
to be
to become
to function (in some capacity)
to serve as
to be used for
to form (a bond or relationship)
to pretend
to feign
to act a part
to put on appearance
to fight
to kill
to trick
to have sex
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)