Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
to sleep (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 睡shuì [睡]
to lie down
sleepy
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
used in transliteration, such as in 'lama'
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then
a parapet
to look askance
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person