Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
        
                     
            
              so (Cantonese)
            
            
              Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
            
         
        
        
                     
            
              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
            
         
        
                     
            
              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
            
         
        
        
                     
            
              indignant
            
            
              generous
            
            
              to sigh (with emotion)
            
         
        
        
        
                     
            
              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
            
         
        
                     
            
              to cover up
            
            
              to paint over
            
         
        
                     
            
              forever
            
            
              always
            
            
              perpetual
            
            
              far-reaching
            
         
        
                     
            
              1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de [的]), ‘s 2. him 3. her 4. it 5. subordinate particle 6. this 7. that 8. these 9. those 10. to go to 11. an expletive in a phrase or a sentence with no particular meaning 12. (of road) branch
            
         
        
                     
            
              forced labor
            
            
              corvée
            
            
              obligatory task
            
            
              military service
            
            
              to use as servant
            
            
              to enserf
            
            
              servant (old)
            
            
              war
            
            
              campaign
            
            
              battle
            
            
              to serve labor at frontier
            
            
              to command somone as servant
            
         
        
                     
            
              (Cantonese) to be
            
            
              to connect
            
            
              to relate to
            
            
              to tie up
            
            
              to bind
            
            
              to be (literary)
            
            
              to involve
            
            
              relation
            
            
              relationship
            
            
              consequence
            
            
              yes
            
            
              indeed
            
            
              right
            
         
        
                     
            
              [measure word] one round or an event, such as a round of game, a dream, or a speech.
            
         
        
                     
            
              to use
            
            
              by means of
            
            
              according to
            
            
              in order to
            
            
              because of
            
            
              at (a certain date or place)
            
            
              consider as
            
         
        
        
        
        
                     
            
              to fight
            
            
              fight
            
            
              war
            
            
              battle
            
            
              a surname
            
            
              to shiver
            
            
              to tremble
            
            
              to be fearful of making mistakes