Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
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
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
to split, to rend
to choose to rub, to wipe
to get
to fetch
to take
to ask for
to rip
that
those (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 那nà [那]
classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc
variant of 分fèn [分]
portion
part
duty
suffix used after province
month to express unit
a unit
a share
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)