Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to carry (hanging down from the hand)
to lift
to put forward
to mention
to raise (an issue)
upwards character stroke
lifting brush stroke (in painting)
scoop for measuring liquid
to extract
to summon a prisoner for interrogation
to guard against
to return (to)
to revert to
to restore
to go back
to come back
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
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
customer
visitor
guest
passenger
traveller
stranger
foreigner
someone who is engaged in a particular pursuit
a helping
portion of (a classifier)
to not have (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 没有méiyǒu [没有]