Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
hey, an interjection to call for attention
to express one's dissatisfaction
to try and make a suggestion
to feed (an animal, baby, invalid etc)
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
to think
to believe
to suppose
to wish
to want
to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)
to plan
modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation
approval
surprise
appreciation
consent
request for an answer or confirmation
to go out
to come out
to occur
to produce
to go beyond
to rise
to put forth
to happen
to grow
to have (something unpleasant occurring)
to leave
to send out
out
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
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
secret
confidential
close
thick
dense
intimate
hidden
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
to send out
to show (one's feeling)
to issue
to develop
to make a bundle of money
classifier for gunshots (rounds)
to emit
to dispatch
to launch
to generate
to transmit
to produce
to trigger off
to expose
to discover
to prosper
to turn into
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
to support
classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc
to prop up
fight
quarrel
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval