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
1. nine 2. multiple times; repeatedly 3. (crude) shithead
twenty (20), in a limited number of set expressions
also written using banker's character 念
twentieth
twenty-odd
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then
to walk
to go
to run
to move (of vehicle)
to visit
to leave
to go away
to die (euph.)
from
through
away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走chèzǒu [撤走])
to change (shape, form, meaning)
to escape
to run away
to make a trip
to leak out
to incur loss
one's humble self
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)