Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
        
                     
            
              aside from; except for; unless
            
         
        
                     
            
              to buy
            
            
              to purchase
            
            
              to bribe
            
            
              to persuade
            
            
              to bet
            
            
              to place a bet on
            
            
              to kill
            
            
              to have killed
            
         
        
        
                     
            
              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
            
         
        
        
                     
            
              on top
            
            
              upon
            
            
              above
            
            
              upper
            
            
              previous
            
            
              first (of multiple parts)
            
            
              superior, highest
            
         
        
                     
            
              he 
            
            
               she 
            
            
               it (Cantonese)
            
            
              Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
            
         
        
                     
            
              indignant
            
            
              generous
            
            
              to sigh (with emotion)
            
         
        
        
        
        
                     
            
              you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
            
            
              can be used to refer to an unspecified person
            
         
        
        
                     
            
              to stop
            
            
              to block
            
            
              card M: 张zhāng [张] 
            
            
               片piàn [片]
            
            
              calorie
            
            
              cassette
            
            
              (computing) (coll.) slow
            
            
              lorry
            
            
              truck
            
            
              checkpoint
            
            
              customs barrier
            
            
              road block
            
            
              to get stuck
            
            
              to be jammed
            
            
              to choke
            
            
              a carriage