Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
a parapet
to look askance
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
on top
upon
above
upper
previous
first (of multiple parts)
superior, highest
to get close to (physically)
to get itimate
to develop a close relationship with a hidden agenda
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
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