Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
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
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
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
manner
pattern
way
appearance
shape
classifier: kind, type
sample
variety
style
type
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
(question)(phrase) what's with it?; what's up? ; how's it like?; how?; what is it like?