Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
single
alone
one only
one of pair
month (in prison sentence)
fowl
chicken M: 只zhī [只]
(slang) prostitute
ten thousand dollars
the trigger of a gun
mosquito
gnat
dollar
ten thousand
ten thousand bucks
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
one who's strong and muscular
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
to walk
to go
to run
to move (of vehicle)
to visit
to leave
to go away
to die (euph.)
from
through
away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走chèzǒu [撤走])
to change (shape, form, meaning)
to escape
to run away
to make a trip
to leak out
to incur loss
one's humble self
sentence-final particle, contraction of "嘅呀" (Cantonese), to express doubt
reservation
emphasis
disapproval
see also 嘅kài [嘅]
a final particle to express surprise
agreement
disagreement
tone of reminder or emphasis
when quoting words said by others