Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
small script (calligraphy)
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
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
to use
to employ
to have to
to eat or drink
expense or outlay
usefulness
hence
therefore
to apply
to operate
function
to spend
to make use
to serve as
to eat
to drink
with
to need
to exert
effect
with this
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
(adverb) same as; exactly as; equivalent to; 'which means' or 'which is to say', usually used before explanations
to cup one's hands in salute
to surround
to arch
to dig earth with the snout
arched
to salute
arched-shape
to surround
to push
model
type (e.g. blood type)
pattern
mold for casting
stylish
fashionable
smart
good-looking
cool
(adverb) just right; just now
to write
to sketch
to compose
to write out
to describe
o'clock
time
when
hour
season
period
era
current
timely
often
continously
frequently
fashionable
opportune
sometimes…sometimes
a surname
to follow
from
it is for...to
reason
cause
because of
due to
to
to leave it (to sb)
by (introduces passive verb)
up to
through
a surname
baseline (sports)
foundation
to defy
to disobey
also pr. [ǎo]
hard to pronounce
obstinate
stubborn
unmanageable
to quarrel with