Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to die
impassable
uncrossable
inflexible
rigid
extremely
damned
dead
death
the dead
die for (cause)
condemned to die
solid, not hollow
irreconcilable
deadly
obsolete
to the death
stubbornly
desperately
resolutely
dogmatic
in a unconscious
to do something by rote
to do something passively, without doing anything
used to emphasis the negative meaning of a word or phrase
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval
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
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
to dare
daring
(polite) may I venture
to be certain
spoken words
speech
talk
words
conversation
what sb said M: 种zhǒng [种]
席xí [席]
句jù [句]
口kǒu [口]
番fān [番]
to talk
to speak
to tell
to advise
to persuade
to think
a parapet
to look askance
(pronoun) they; he; she; I; other people; everybody else
to let
to allow
to submit
to administer
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
to buy
to purchase
to bribe
to persuade
to bet
to place a bet on
to kill
to have killed
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 not have (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 没有méiyǒu [没有]
thread
string
wire
line M: 条tiáo [条]
股gǔ [股]
根gēn [根] ]
boundary
traffic route
political path
clue
an undercover agent
a ray of (hope), a quantifier
a territory
an area
the lower ranks
followers in a triad gang
to add
to increase
to replenish
to append
to give birth to
to have (a baby)
more
again
in addition
even
too
a final particle conveying a sense of regret
to do something again