Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
close
recent
until
till
to stand close together
to cling to
to collude with
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
to ride (an animal or bike)
to sit astride
classifier for saddle-horses
straddle
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
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
second month of a season
middle
intermediate
second amongst brothers
a surname
a mediator
still (doing something)
still (usually used in the context of ‘still not’ or to describe the remaining time left till something)
even more
in addition
last but not the least
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this