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
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
to cook
to boil
to give someone a hard time
to
for
for the benefit of
to give
to allow
to do sth (for sb)
(grammatical equivalent of 被)
(grammatical equivalent of 把)
(sentence intensifier)
to supply
to provide
well provided for
abundant
glib
to eat
to consume
to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
to eradicate
to destroy
to absorb
to suffer
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
to speak
to say
to explain
to scold
to tell off
a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory)
to criticize
to try to influence someone to do something
to mean
to think
to believe
to suppose
to wish
to want
to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)
to plan