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
a parapet
to look askance
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
to knock against
to bump into
to run into
to meet by accident
to barge
to try one's luck
down
downwards
below, under, underneath
lower
later
next (week etc)
second (of two parts)
to decline
to go down
to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
inferior
board
plank
plate
shutter
table tennis bat
clappers (music) M: 块kuài [块]
accented beat in Chinese music
hard
stiff
to stop smiling or look serious
to bend
bent
a bend
a turn (in the road etc) M: 道dào [道]
curved
homosexual
left
the Left (politics)
east
unorthodox
queer
wrong
differing
opposite
variant of 佐zuǒ [佐]
clumsy
awkward
queer
odd
bigoted
to be demoted
a surname
used after a verb as a marker to show that the action has been completed
used after an adjective to show a change in a state