Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
spoken words
speech
talk
words
conversation
what sb said M: 种zhǒng [种]
席xí [席]
句jù [句]
口kǒu [口]
番fān [番]
to talk
to speak
to tell
to advise
to persuade
to think
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
to open
to start
to turn on
to boil
to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
to operate (a vehicle)
carat (gold)
abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文Kāi'ěrwén [开尔文]
abbr. for 开本kāiběn [开本], book format
to set up
to run
to leave
to hold (meeting
exhibition)
away
apart
aside
verb particle marking habitual aspect
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
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
head
hair style
the top
end
beginning or end
a stub
remnant
chief
boss
side
aspect
first
leading
classifier for pigs or livestock M: 个gè [个]
used as a suffix
an area
a location
to bury
to conceal
to hide
to settle (an account)
to close out
to finish up
to move closer to
closer together
as well
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
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
tail
remainder
remnant
extremity
sixth of the 28 constellations
classifier for fish
end
the stern
the rear
the last
hair on a horse's tail
spikelets on a cricket's tail
a reprisal
bad consequences
loose ends