Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to go
to go to (a place)
to cause to go or send (sb)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
to do
to make
to produce
to write
to compose
to act as
to engage in
to hold (a party)
to be
to become
to function (in some capacity)
to serve as
to be used for
to form (a bond or relationship)
to pretend
to feign
to act a part
to put on appearance
to fight
to kill
to trick
to have sex
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
to (a place)
until (a time)
up to
to go
to arrive
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
been to
a particle used after a verb or adjective to indicate degree
extent
skin goods, hide
fur
leather
fur coat
capital
overheads
phonetic ga (used in rendering Tibetan and Mongolian sounds)
Tibetan Ge: language of Buddha
(dialect) final particle similar to 了le [了] (esp. in Yunnan)
laughter
yawn
to breath out
to stoop
used in transliteration