Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
(phrase
adverb
noun) no, not.
to give something to others; to have something done to oneself by others [colloquial]
to use
to employ
to have to
to eat or drink
expense or outlay
usefulness
hence
therefore
to apply
to operate
function
to spend
to make use
to serve as
to eat
to drink
with
to need
to exert
effect
with this
branch
classifier for sticks, rods, pencils, flowers etc
limbs
to branch off
gun
firearm
rifle
spear
thing with shape or function similar to a gun M: 支zhī [支]
把bǎ [把]
杆gǎn [杆]
条tiáo [条]
枝zhī [枝]
to substitute for another person in a test
to knock
classifier for rifle shots
lance
javelin
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
used in transliteration
to come
used as a final particle to add emphasis
to look down upon (classical)
to see
to look at (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 看kàn [看]
to glance at
to stare at
to look after
to take care of
to consider
to believe
to watch
to read
to check
to find out
to judge
to bring up opinions
to keep an eye on
to monitor
to pay a visit
to support