Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
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 regard as
to figure
to calculate
to compute
to count
to plan
to guess
to suppose
to reckon
to include
to count in
as
to consider
to matter
let it be
that's enough
finally
at long last
easy to walk; good
interesting to walk; an expression used when the host walks the guests out to the door
sentence-final particle, contraction of "嘅呀" (Cantonese), to express doubt
reservation
emphasis
disapproval
see also 嘅kài [嘅]
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
(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 stretch fingers out
to grasp
to seize
to pick up with fingers
handful, a quantifier
to carry
to hold
to drive
to make a decision
tight
strict
close at hand
near
urgent
tense
hard up
short of money
to tighten
taut
firm
secure
tight (short of money)
placed afte a verb to indicate an ongoing
continuous
non-stopping action
fast
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this