Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
(pronoun) why; how to explain; how come;
item
component
classifier for events, things, clothes etc
matter
letter
document
correspondence
matter
thing
item
work
affair M: 件jiàn [件]
桩zhuāng [桩]
回huí [回]
incident
to be engaged in
to serve
to wipe
to erase
rubbing (brush stroke in painting)
to clean
to polish
to apply on
to brush by
to stuff oneself by eating a lot
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
modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation
approval
surprise
appreciation
consent
request for an answer or confirmation
used in transliteration, such as in 'lama'