Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to shout
to call
to order
to ask
to be called
by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
to cry
to hail
to greet
to cause
day
sky
heaven
natural
given by nature
god
season
weather
emperor
imperial
the most important thing in life
husband
celestial
above one's head
the cover of a coffin
cold
poor
to tremble
a surname
to put in cold storage
to ignore
humble, used as a modest term
taste
smell
classifier for drugs (in TCM)
dish
ingredients
odor
interest
to ponder over
phonetic ga (used in rendering Tibetan and Mongolian sounds)
Tibetan Ge: language of Buddha
(dialect) final particle similar to 了le [了] (esp. in Yunnan)
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval