Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval
to buy
to purchase
to bribe
to persuade
to bet
to place a bet on
to kill
to have killed
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
to obtain
to acquire
to get
to gain
suit
proper
ready
finished
to be satisfied
to permit
to need to
to have gone as far as to
to have even done
can
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
lucky
giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)
propitious
good
fortunate
auspicious
propitious
vacant
unoccupied
empty
mandarin orange
seven (triad jargon)
to inject heroin
chicken (triad jargon)
sentence-final particle, contraction of "嘅呀" (Cantonese), to express doubt
reservation
emphasis
disapproval
see also 嘅kài [嘅]
人心惶惶
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uneasiness or anxiety felt by general public