Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
"how would I know?"; "who knows?"; "God knows"; "how is one to know"; "who would have thought"; "who would have guessed"; "only to"
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
grandpa (paternal); the government; the country
to ask
to inquire about
to interrogate
to hold responsible
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
(pronoun) why; how to explain; how come;
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
to die
impassable
uncrossable
inflexible
rigid
extremely
damned
dead
death
the dead
die for (cause)
condemned to die
solid, not hollow
irreconcilable
deadly
obsolete
to the death
stubbornly
desperately
resolutely
dogmatic
in a unconscious
to do something by rote
to do something passively, without doing anything
used to emphasis the negative meaning of a word or phrase
to think
to believe
to suppose
to wish
to want
to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)
to plan
to arouse
to incite
to excite
to stimulate
sharp
fierce
violent
to provoke
surge
swash of water
a quick rinse (of food) with cold water
to be overly blunt
laser
hormone
to irritate
brillant
great
cool
smart
clever
showing initiative
to give (guidance
money
a slap)
to present