Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
should
ought to
probably
must be
to deserve
to owe
to be sb's turn to do sth
that
the above-mentioned
need to
fated to
preordained
to curry favour with
to flatter
to pander to
strange
odd
weird
wonderful
surprisingly
unusually
unexpected
unpredictable
to wonder
to be surprised
extradordinarily
to live
to dwell
to stay
to reside
to stop
(suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
used after a verb to indicate a continuous state or an action which has not been completed yet
used between two verbs to indicate the two actions being performed simultaneously
used after a verb to indicate the action is temporary, similar to adding 'for now' or 'yet' after a verb
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
actually
place
classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc
that which
particle introducing a relative clause or passive M: 个gè [个]
a building
a bureau
a station
an office
that which
all that
whatever
a unit
quilt
blanket
(literary) to cover
back
behind
rear
afterwards
after
later
descendants
then
a surname
future
after next
succeeding
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
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
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]