Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
sex [written and colloquial]
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
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
mountain pass
to close
to shut
to turn off
to concern
to involve
a custom barrier
a check point
a mechanism
turning point
critical juncture
a wooden bolt for the door
a surname
to pick up or make money payments
father
male relative of a senior generation
authority
power
right
(literary) to weigh
expedient
temporary
a surname
matter
thing
item
work
affair M: 件jiàn [件]
桩zhuāng [桩]
回huí [回]
incident
to be engaged in
to serve
close
recent
until
till
to stand close together
to cling to
to collude with
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
biography
commentaries on classics
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
o'clock
time
when
hour
season
period
era
current
timely
often
continously
frequently
fashionable
opportune
sometimes…sometimes
a surname
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
(noun) telephone (including cell phone)
to set
to fix
to determine
to decide
surely
certainly
definitely
stable
calm
to follow
from
it is for...to
reason
cause
because of
due to
to
to leave it (to sb)
by (introduces passive verb)
up to
through
a surname
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
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
noisy
cacophonous
to make noise
to disturb
to vent (feelings)
to fall ill
to have an attack (of sickness)
to go in (for some activity)
to joke
to quarrel
to create confusion
to stir up trouble
to suffer from
to experience
to cause something to happen
to distinguish
noisy
spree
boisterousness
stormy
uproarious
to scold
to berate
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
"could it be that…."; "don't tell me that…"; often used in a sentence to emphasize the rhetorical tone of a question, with a similar effect to adding 'surely….' to a question
say also; referring to things one said before, similar to saying "didn't you say…?"
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
the bleating of sheep
final particle which transforms statements into questions that indicate doubt or surprise (Cantonese)
what
whatever