Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
hold on; hold it (spoken)
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then
rice M: 粒lì [粒]
meter (classifier)
grain-like things
money
a cigarette
to add
plus
(used after an adverb such as 不, 大, 稍 etc, and before a disyllabic verb, to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned)
to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb)
to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth)
to increase
to augment
to append
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
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
two
(Beijing dialect) stupid
twice
second
vice-
once more
again
double
different
(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 live
to dwell
to stay
to reside
to stop
(suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
used after a verb to indicate a continuous state or an action which has not been completed yet
used between two verbs to indicate the two actions being performed simultaneously
used after a verb to indicate the action is temporary, similar to adding 'for now' or 'yet' after a verb
(of a woman) to marry
to marry off a daughter
to shift (blame etc)
to impute to another
a final particle to express surprise
agreement
disagreement
tone of reminder or emphasis
when quoting words said by others