Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
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 chase after
to seek
to do one's utmost to seek or procure sth
to recall
to woo
to trace
to get to the bottom of
to do something retroactively
to keep gambling in the hope to recoup one's losses
to live
to dwell
to stay
to reside
to stop
(suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
used after a verb to indicate a continuous state or an action which has not been completed yet
used between two verbs to indicate the two actions being performed simultaneously
used after a verb to indicate the action is temporary, similar to adding 'for now' or 'yet' after a verb
used in transliteration
to come
used as a final particle to add emphasis
to kill
to murder
to fight
to weaken or reduce
to smart (dialect)
to counteract
(used after a verb) extremely
to destroy
to exterminate
to hurt