Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation
approval
surprise
appreciation
consent
request for an answer or confirmation
(adverb) right now; now; this moment
to succeed
to finish
to complete
to accomplish
to become
to turn into
to be all right
OK!
one tenth
success
to amount to
whole
full
almost
nearly
capable
a surname
to settle
classifier for houses or buildings
ridgepole (old)
one thousand
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
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
to use
to employ
to have to
to eat or drink
expense or outlay
usefulness
hence
therefore
to apply
to operate
function
to spend
to make use
to serve as
to eat
to drink
with
to need
to exert
effect
with this
to turn over
to flip over
to overturn
to rummage through
to translate
to decode
to double
to climb over or into
to cross
to upset
to capsize
to turn around
reverse
to rip off and repair
to innovate
to fall out
to multiply
an alternative version to返, to return
that
those (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 那nà [那]
house with more than 1 story
storied building
floor M: 层céng [层]
座zuò [座]
栋dòng [栋]
flat
apartment
a surname
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
manner
pattern
way
appearance
shape
classifier: kind, type
sample
variety
style
type
to go out
to come out
to occur
to produce
to go beyond
to rise
to put forth
to happen
to grow
to have (something unpleasant occurring)
to leave
to send out
out
used in transliteration
to come
used as a final particle to add emphasis
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
(phrase
adverb
noun) no, not.
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
to think
to believe
to suppose
to wish
to want
to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)
to plan
(pronoun) they; he; she; I; other people; everybody else
point
dot
drop
speck
o'clock
point (in space or time)
to draw a dot
to check on a list
to choose
to order (food in a restaurant)
to touch briefly
to hint
to light
to ignite
to pour a liquid drop by drop
(old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更gēng [更]
dot stroke in Chinese characters
classifier for items
a spot
degree
a blot
light refreshment
to mark off
to inspect
how?
to instruct
to advise (especially in 'to mislead')
to cheat