Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
song M: 支zhī [支]
首shǒu [首]
to sing
a poem that can be set to music
to chant
to praise
lyrics
(adverb) same as; exactly as; equivalent to; 'which means' or 'which is to say', usually used before explanations
many
much
often
a lot of
numerous
more
in excess
how (to what extent)
multi-
Taiwan pr. [duó] when it means "how"
much better
plenty
exceed
demonstrably
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
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
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
(question)(phrase) what's with it?; what's up? ; how's it like?; how?; what is it like?
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
position
location
place
seat
classifier for people (honorific)
classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
throne
post
rank
status
to sit
to take a seat
to take (a bus, airplane etc)
to bear fruit
variant of 座zuò [座]
a seat
for a building to have its back towards
to put something on a fire
to be sentenced