Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
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
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
(noun) telephone (including cell phone)
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
to confer on
to give to
to let
to allow
by
to
have been
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
to shout
to call
to order
to ask
to be called
by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
to cry
to hail
to greet
to cause
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
letter
symbol
character
word M: 个gè [个]
courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
to betroth a girl
wordage
calligraphy works
contract
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)