Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to be hungry
hungry
to be greedy for
an alternative form for the word的, a possessive, adjectival suffix
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
to cut
to slash
to scratch (cut into the surface of sth)
to strike (a match)
to divide
to mark off
to lay boundary
to plan
to assign
to transfer
to set aside
to draw (a line)
to delimit
stroke of a Chinese character
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
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks