Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
to return (to)
to revert to
to restore
to go back
to come back
tight
strict
close at hand
near
urgent
tense
hard up
short of money
to tighten
taut
firm
secure
tight (short of money)
placed afte a verb to indicate an ongoing
continuous
non-stopping action
fast
used in transliteration
to come
used as a final particle to add emphasis
a final particle to express surprise
agreement
disagreement
tone of reminder or emphasis
when quoting words said by others
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
to sleep (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 睡shuì [睡]
to lie down
sleepy
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
to feel
to find that
thinking
awake
aware
to sense
to be conscious of
to realize
to discover
sense
feeling
consciousness
sensation
to wake from
to inform
to teach
sentence-final particle, contraction of "嘅呀" (Cantonese), to express doubt
reservation
emphasis
disapproval
see also 嘅kài [嘅]