Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to add
plus
(used after an adverb such as 不, 大, 稍 etc, and before a disyllabic verb, to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned)
to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb)
to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth)
to increase
to augment
to append
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
sticky tape; adhesive type
to go
to go to (a place)
to cause to go or send (sb)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
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
to throw
to fling
to swing
to leave behind
to throw off
to dump (sb)
to discard
to throw away
to lose
to get rid of
to cast away
to abandon
to wag (tail)
to know the mahjong tils by touch to know whether to keep or rid of it
to like
to love
to enjoy