Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
important
vital
to want
to ask for
will
going to (as future auxiliary)
may
must
(used in a comparison) must be
probably
if
essential points
necessary
necessity
to desire
to need
should
to lift
to carry in one's hand
Taiwan pr. [līng]
to take away
to bring over
to make use of someone to do something
twenty (20), in a limited number of set expressions
also written using banker's character 念
twentieth
twenty-odd
grain
granule
classifier for small round things (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc)
a small particle
to have rice as food
ten thousand
a quantifier for hours
a 'pip' on the shoulder of police's uniform indicating the rank
used in asking questions in conversations, similar to saying "is it ….?"; "Isn't it?"
"Yes or no?"
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)