Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
right
trap
trick
pawn
to regard as
to pawn
thought
fit
proper
safe
appropriate
to treat as
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
(dialect) to cook in salt or sand, inside a sealed pot
to steam
to bake
to be trapped in a situation
to be forced to do something
stuffy
muggy
tight
strict
close at hand
near
urgent
tense
hard up
short of money
to tighten
taut
firm
secure
tight (short of money)
placed afte a verb to indicate an ongoing
continuous
non-stopping action
fast
a military commander
a general officer
to command
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
to ascertain
to act on
to criticize
to pass on
classifier for batches, lots, military flights
tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges)
to slap
to scrape
wholesale
pie (loanword)
land allocation
to comment
to strike
to hit
to chop
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
skin goods, hide
fur
leather
fur coat
capital
overheads
to go
to go to (a place)
to cause to go or send (sb)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed