Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
to ask
to inquire about
to interrogate
to hold responsible
to receive
to accept
to collect
to put away
to restrain
to stop
in care of (used on address line after name)
to harvest
to regain
to take something back
to gather
to build an affiliation with someone such as to adopt
to take in
to hide
to retract
to punish
to contain
to end
to retrieve
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
noun; receiving, take delivery of goods; take over (goods); to accept quality of goods after quality control after checking
to know
to reprimand
to urge
to long for
to tell
to inform
elder brother
a term of address for an older male
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
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
reply
answer
return
respond
echo
to assent to
to repay
to reciprocate