Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to curry favour with
to flatter
to pander to
clear
bright
distinct
loud and clear
resonant
(adjective) (of generations) 1. Great-grand; (noun)
Great-grand mother or father; (Reduplication) "太太" =
wife; 2. Mrs.
to tease
to disturb
to pester
to flirt with
to pester
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
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
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
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
to reach
to be enough
adequate
tired of
fed up with
too
second month of a season
middle
intermediate
second amongst brothers
a surname
a mediator
still (doing something)
still (usually used in the context of ‘still not’ or to describe the remaining time left till something)
even more
in addition
last but not the least
a parapet
to look askance
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
to clutch
to grab
to capture
to catch
to grasp
to bury
to conceal
to hide
to settle (an account)
to close out
to finish up
to move closer to
closer together
as well