Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
woods
forest M: 片piàn [片]
circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people)
a collection (of similar things)
a surname
to spread out
to develop
to overflow
to amplify
superfluous
sprawling
overflowing
redundant
a bamboo basket
to disperse
to deduce
to expand
lush
to be continuous
rich
plentiful
hillside
marsh
low and flat land
diffraciton
to derive
derivative
to show
to appear
to become visible
to manifest
matter
thing
item
work
affair M: 件jiàn [件]
桩zhuāng [桩]
回huí [回]
incident
to be engaged in
to serve
to defeat
to damage
to lose (to an opponent)
to fail
to wither
to break (alliance
treaty)
to spoil
ruin
corrupt
defeated
spoilt
torn
rotten
faded
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
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
system
to control
to regulate
variant of 制zhì [制]
establish
overpower
three years of mourning for parents
standard
standardized
imperial
to limit
to agree (to a deal)
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval