Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
(noun) 1. elder brother; (of organisation, company, etc.)
manager; 2. head of department; 3. head of chef; (of gangster) leader
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
to think
to believe
to suppose
to wish
to want
to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)
to plan
to die
impassable
uncrossable
inflexible
rigid
extremely
damned
dead
death
the dead
die for (cause)
condemned to die
solid, not hollow
irreconcilable
deadly
obsolete
to the death
stubbornly
desperately
resolutely
dogmatic
in a unconscious
to do something by rote
to do something passively, without doing anything
used to emphasis the negative meaning of a word or phrase
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
tired
weary
to strain
to wear out
to work hard
to involve
to drag down
to spread (harm) to
to (a place)
until (a time)
up to
to go
to arrive
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
been to
a particle used after a verb or adjective to indicate degree
extent
(once) again
also
both... and...
and yet
(used for emphasis) anyway
and (used in the context when talking about fractions)
in adddition
close
recent
until
till
to stand close together
to cling to
to collude with
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
to obtain
to acquire
to get
to gain
suit
proper
ready
finished
to be satisfied
to permit
to need to
to have gone as far as to
to have even done
can
sentence-final particle, contraction of "嘅呀" (Cantonese), to express doubt
reservation
emphasis
disapproval
see also 嘅kài [嘅]