Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to return (to)
to revert to
to restore
to go back
to come back
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
(verb) to get off a vehicle; to get out (of a vehicle)
an alternative form for the word的, a possessive, adjectival suffix
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
to knock
strike
to beat up
to thrash
(literary) to smile
to sneer
to display
to show off
to sunbathe
to sleep
to hide
to hide out
to stay
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
paper M: 张zhāng [张]
沓dá [沓]
classifier for documents, letter etc
currency
bank notes
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
right
trap
trick
pawn
to regard as
to pawn
thought
fit
proper
safe
appropriate
to treat as
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
not to have
no
none
not
to lack
un-
–less
without
(experienced action marker)
to cross
to go over
to pass (time)
to celebrate (a holiday)
to live
to get along
excessively
too-
to pass
to pass through
to go across
to surpass
to exceed
to excel
too much
mistake
fault
to transfer (funds
territory
allegiance)