Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to look down upon (classical)
to see
to look at (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 看kàn [看]
to glance at
to stare at
to look after
to take care of
to consider
to believe
to watch
to read
to check
to find out
to judge
to bring up opinions
to keep an eye on
to monitor
to pay a visit
to support
used as part of a place name
-ly
structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
earth
soil
ground
region
the base of the coffin
to play
to have fun
to trifle with
to amuse oneself
to have a good time
to not be serious
to be only joking
to play at
to do
to fool with
to mess around with someone
to be disrespectful
to treat someone as unimportant
fruit
result
resolute
indeed
if really
full
a surname
nuts
berries
disposition of troops
wave
spate
burst
spell
short period of time
classifier for events or states of short duration
battle formation
battle front
spasmodically
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then