Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
Leon Lai (Cantonese pop singer)
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
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
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
seven
euphemism for ?, prick
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
different
other
hetero-
unusual
strange
surprising
to distinguish
to separate
to discriminate
to marvel
boundary
scope
extent
circles
group
kingdom (taxonomy)
limit
domain
society
to demarcate
to delimit
to define
world
a territory
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