Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
-ly
structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
earth
soil
ground
region
the base of the coffin
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
cowrie
shellfish
currency (archaic)
thus
so
like that
you
thou
used as a final particle
an adverb particle
a suffix after an adjective
your
that
near
to hand over
to deliver
to pay (money)
to turn over
to make friends
to intersect (lines)
to exchange
to come into contact with
to come close to
to join
to alternate
to mate
simultaneously
to connect
mosquito
gnat
dollar
ten thousand
ten thousand bucks
to go out
to come out
to occur
to produce
to go beyond
to rise
to put forth
to happen
to grow
to have (something unpleasant occurring)
to leave
to send out
out
used in transliteration
to come
used as a final particle to add emphasis
that
those (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 那nà [那]
classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc
variant of 分fèn [分]
portion
part
duty
suffix used after province
month to express unit
a unit
a share
protection fee, the bribe or money collected by gangsters in their area of control from shops and businesses, as a fee for not hassling or troubling them