Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
type
form
pattern
style
formula
standards
ceremony
ritual
mode
tense
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
to gather
to collect
collected works
classifier for sections of a TV series etc: episode
a market
to compile
achievements
number
figure
several M: 个gè [个]
fate
an amount of money
a debt
important
vital
to want
to ask for
will
going to (as future auxiliary)
may
must
(used in a comparison) must be
probably
if
essential points
necessary
necessity
to desire
to need
should
to do
to make
to go in for
to set up
to get hold of
to take care of
to clear
to clarify
nto interfere with
to behave wrongly
to mess up
to make a mistake
to mess up
to rise
to raise
to get up
to set out
to start
to appear
to launch
to initiate (action)
to draft
to establish
to get (from a depot or counter)
verb suffix, to start
(before place or time) starting from
classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
classifier for groups: batch, group
to stand up
to go up
to happen
to take place
to uncover
laugh
smile M: 个gè [个]
giggle
chuckle
to ridicule
to jeer
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
to release
to free
to let go
to put
to place
to let out
to set off (fireworks)
to dismiss
to let off
to lend for interest
to send into exile
to blossom
to enlarge
to lengthen
to let out
to put (animals) out to graze
uninhibited
to be open (unconstrained sexually)