Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
"how would I know?"; "who knows?"; "God knows"; "how is one to know"; "who would have thought"; "who would have guessed"; "only to"
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
to obtain
to acquire
to get
to gain
suit
proper
ready
finished
to be satisfied
to permit
to need to
to have gone as far as to
to have even done
can
used in transliteration
to come
used as a final particle to add emphasis
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
spoken words
speech
talk
words
conversation
what sb said M: 种zhǒng [种]
席xí [席]
句jù [句]
口kǒu [口]
番fān [番]
to talk
to speak
to tell
to advise
to persuade
to think
life
age
generation
era
world
lifetime
epoch
descendant
noble
a surname
a period of 30 years
a form of address used between family friends of that is of a different generation
to marry off one's daughter
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
to support
classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc
to prop up
fight
quarrel