Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
laughter
yawn
to breath out
to stoop
used in transliteration
an alternative form for the word太, too
to catch
to obtain
to capture
to receive
to get
seize
used in asking questions in conversations, similar to saying "is it ….?"; "Isn't it?"
"Yes or no?"
to sting or bite (of mosquito, bee etc)
to say repeatedly
to urge insistently
to ask repeatedly
to stick to a point
(onom.) tinkling or jingling sound, sound of a doorbell
microwave heating up food
sound of a running tram
to heat up food in a microwave
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
(adjective) (of generations) 1. Great-grand; (noun)
Great-grand mother or father; (Reduplication) "太太" =
wife; 2. Mrs.
capable of enduring
able to tolerate
patient
durable
hardy
resistant
to resist
enduring
long period of time
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)