Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
a parapet
to look askance
cowrie
shellfish
currency (archaic)
thus
so
like that
you
thou
used as a final particle
an adverb particle
a suffix after an adjective
your
that
near
to use
to employ
to have to
to eat or drink
expense or outlay
usefulness
hence
therefore
to apply
to operate
function
to spend
to make use
to serve as
to eat
to drink
with
to need
to exert
effect
with this
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
front
forward
ahead
first
top (followed by a number)
future
ago
before
BC (e.g. 前293年)
former
formerly
advance
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation