Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to sit
to take a seat
to take (a bus, airplane etc)
to bear fruit
variant of 座zuò [座]
a seat
for a building to have its back towards
to put something on a fire
to be sentenced
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
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
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
an alternative form for 儺, rich
to fish with a hook and bait
to tempt
to lure
a fishhook
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
to beat
to win
to profit
gain
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
to curry favour with
to flatter
to pander to
base
foundation
basic
radical (chemistry)
(slang) gay
according to
basis
to describe a man with effeminate characteristics
elder brother
a term of address for an older male