Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
used in asking questions in conversations, similar to saying "is it ….?"; "Isn't it?"
"Yes or no?"
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
to not have (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 没有méiyǒu [没有]
to cast
to send
to throw oneself (into the river etc)
to seek refuge
to place oneself into the hands of
to join
to put in
to agree with
to drop
to jump
(verb) 1. Secretly mess with (an objective in order to make it malfunction); 2. Make arrangement (on vote etc.)
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
to set
to fix
to determine
to decide
surely
certainly
definitely
stable
calm
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