Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
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
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
(phrase
adverb
noun) no, not.
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
ministry
department
section
part
division
troops
board
classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc
to support
classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc
to prop up
fight
quarrel
final particle meaning 'merely
only' when used in a rhetorical question