Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
(once) again
also
both... and...
and yet
(used for emphasis) anyway
and (used in the context when talking about fractions)
in adddition
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
eye
small hole
crux (of a matter) M: 只zhī [只]
双shuāng [双]
classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc) or needle, nail, lamp etc
eyelet
opening
aperture
salient point
insight
trap (in chess)
unaccented beat (in opera)
eyesight
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
clean
completely
only
net (income, exports etc)
(Chinese opera) painted face male role
pure
cleanse
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
thing
matter (Cantonese)
see also 乜嘢miēyě [乜嘢]
a derogatory way to refer to a person
heroin
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
to release
to free
to let go
to put
to place
to let out
to set off (fireworks)
to dismiss
to let off
to lend for interest
to send into exile
to blossom
to enlarge
to lengthen
to let out
to put (animals) out to graze
uninhibited
to be open (unconstrained sexually)
"go in"; to enter (often used to welcome someone to enter a place)