Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
to do
to make
to produce
to write
to compose
to act as
to engage in
to hold (a party)
to be
to become
to function (in some capacity)
to serve as
to be used for
to form (a bond or relationship)
to pretend
to feign
to act a part
to put on appearance
to fight
to kill
to trick
to have sex
this
these
(commonly pr. [zhèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing)
the
here
now
then
matter
thing
item
work
affair M: 件jiàn [件]
桩zhuāng [桩]
回huí [回]
incident
to be engaged in
to serve