Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
system
to control
to regulate
variant of 制zhì [制]
establish
overpower
three years of mourning for parents
standard
standardized
imperial
to limit
to agree (to a deal)
older sister
a term of address for an older female
a young woman
a house helper
a domestic helper
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
spoken words
speech
talk
words
conversation
what sb said M: 种zhǒng [种]
席xí [席]
句jù [句]
口kǒu [口]
番fān [番]
to talk
to speak
to tell
to advise
to persuade
to think
a parapet
to look askance
to let
to allow
to submit
to administer
woods
forest M: 片piàn [片]
circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people)
a collection (of similar things)
a surname
to spread out
to develop
to overflow
to amplify
superfluous
sprawling
overflowing
redundant
a bamboo basket
to disperse
to deduce
to expand
lush
to be continuous
rich
plentiful
hillside
marsh
low and flat land
diffraciton
to derive
derivative
right
trap
trick
pawn
to regard as
to pawn
thought
fit
proper
safe
appropriate
to treat as
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval