Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
front
forward
ahead
first
top (followed by a number)
future
ago
before
BC (e.g. 前293年)
former
formerly
advance
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this