Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
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 calculate
to compute
to count
to regard as important
to plan
ruse
meter
gauge
to plot
strategem
scheme
a measuring device
a surname
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
to think
to believe
to suppose
to wish
to want
to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)
to plan
to leave (a message etc)
to retain
to stay
to remain
to keep
to preserve
to halt
to stop
to detain
to study abroad
to grow
to bequeath
to set aside
to take in
to ask someone to stay
to pay attention to
to concentrate on
an alternative form for 嘔, to vomit
an alternative form for 敺, to strike
to cast
to send
to throw oneself (into the river etc)
to seek refuge
to place oneself into the hands of
to join
to put in
to agree with
to drop
to jump
(experienced action marker)
to cross
to go over
to pass (time)
to celebrate (a holiday)
to live
to get along
excessively
too-
to pass
to pass through
to go across
to surpass
to exceed
to excel
too much
mistake
fault
to transfer (funds
territory
allegiance)
ticket
ballot
bank note M: 张zhāng [张]
person held for ransom
amateur performance of Chinese opera
classifier for groups, batches, business transactions
warrant
certificate
cheque
an official printed slip
the vote
a business deal
slip of paper or bamboo
invoice
stamp
that
those (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 那nà [那]
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