Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
not to have
no
none
not
to lack
un-
–less
without
to play
to have fun
to trifle with
to amuse oneself
to have a good time
to not be serious
to be only joking
to play at
to do
to fool with
to mess around with someone
to be disrespectful
to treat someone as unimportant
(experienced action marker)
to cross
to go over
to pass (time)
to celebrate (a holiday)
to live
to get along
excessively
too-
to pass
to pass through
to go across
to surpass
to exceed
to excel
too much
mistake
fault
to transfer (funds
territory
allegiance)
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
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 buy
to purchase
to bribe
to persuade
to bet
to place a bet on
to kill
to have killed
to turn over
to reply
to answer
to reply to a letter
to retaliate
to carry out
to revenge
quarter (hour)
moment
to carve
to engrave
to cut
oppressive
classifier for short time intervals
quarter of an hour
to portray
to depict