Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
(verb) please; thanks (for services rendered rather than gifts); excuse me
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
important
vital
to want
to ask for
will
going to (as future auxiliary)
may
must
(used in a comparison) must be
probably
if
essential points
necessary
necessity
to desire
to need
should
to split, to rend
to choose to rub, to wipe
to get
to fetch
to take
to ask for
to rip
the bleating of sheep
final particle which transforms statements into questions that indicate doubt or surprise (Cantonese)
what
whatever
to ask
to inquire about
to interrogate
to hold responsible
(experienced action marker)
to cross
to go over
to pass (time)
to celebrate (a holiday)
to live
to get along
excessively
too-
to pass
to pass through
to go across
to surpass
to exceed
to excel
too much
mistake
fault
to transfer (funds
territory
allegiance)
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)