Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
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
point
dot
drop
speck
o'clock
point (in space or time)
to draw a dot
to check on a list
to choose
to order (food in a restaurant)
to touch briefly
to hint
to light
to ignite
to pour a liquid drop by drop
(old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更gēng [更]
dot stroke in Chinese characters
classifier for items
a spot
degree
a blot
light refreshment
to mark off
to inspect
how?
to instruct
to advise (especially in 'to mislead')
to cheat
to take a look; to check something out [colloquial]
often used when asking questions, such as "yes or no?" or "really or not?"; 'is there?'; 'are there?'
flat
level
equal
to tie (make the same score)
to draw (score)
calm
peaceful
see also 平声píngshēng [平声], the even tone
peace
short for Peiping
a scale
a surname
to pacify
to restore to normal
to weigh and pay
common
fair
to conquer
to regulate
a draw
(one) hundred
to fly
to dart
to float
to dump (break up with) someone
to travel by plane
to rush to somewhere
to toss
to throw
to skip pass
to flutter
to move swiftly
to cut (hair)
flying
a ticket
a bullet
a hoodlum
quanitifyer for cigarettes
the bleating of sheep
final particle which transforms statements into questions that indicate doubt or surprise (Cantonese)
what
whatever
"could it be that…."; "don't tell me that…"; often used in a sentence to emphasize the rhetorical tone of a question, with a similar effect to adding 'surely….' to a question