Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
        
        
                     
            
              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
            
         
        
                     
            
              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
            
         
        
        
        
                     
            
              you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
            
            
              can be used to refer to an unspecified person
            
         
        
        
        
        
                     
            
              noun; all of the people, everyone, everybody
            
         
        
                     
            
              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