Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
can
may
able to
to approve
to permit
to suit
(particle used for emphasis) certainly
very
fit
to be worth (doing)
to need (doing)
but
however
yet
actually
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
right
trap
trick
pawn
to regard as
to pawn
thought
fit
proper
safe
appropriate
to treat as
strip
item
article
clause (of law or treaty)
classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers, people (in slangs) etc)
order
orderliness
ten dollars
fish M: 条tiáo [条]
尾wěi [尾]
a surname
KangXi radical 195
a reptile
to fish
to jump
to hop
to skip over
to bounce
to palpitate
to leap
to vault
to dance
to throb
(heart) to beat
to make omissions
to give drugs to someone
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation
approval
surprise
appreciation
consent
request for an answer or confirmation