Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
important
vital
to want
to ask for
will
going to (as future auxiliary)
may
must
(used in a comparison) must be
probably
if
essential points
necessary
necessity
to desire
to need
should
to order
to command
an order
warrant
writ
to cause
to make sth happen
virtuous
honorific title
season
government position
your esteemed
a polite way to address 'your' (especially when referring to one's family members such as parents or siblings)
a short tune(old)
he or him
(used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant)
(used before sb's name for emphasis)
(used as a meaningless mock object)
other
another
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
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
item
component
classifier for events, things, clothes etc
matter
letter
document
correspondence
matter
thing
item
work
affair M: 件jiàn [件]
桩zhuāng [桩]
回huí [回]
incident
to be engaged in
to serve
ticket
ballot
bank note M: 张zhāng [张]
person held for ransom
amateur performance of Chinese opera
classifier for groups, batches, business transactions
warrant
certificate
cheque
an official printed slip
the vote
a business deal
slip of paper or bamboo
invoice
stamp
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force