Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
to die
impassable
uncrossable
inflexible
rigid
extremely
damned
dead
death
the dead
die for (cause)
condemned to die
solid, not hollow
irreconcilable
deadly
obsolete
to the death
stubbornly
desperately
resolutely
dogmatic
in a unconscious
to do something by rote
to do something passively, without doing anything
used to emphasis the negative meaning of a word or phrase
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
what
fast
very much
quite
considerably
great extent
to exceed
to be more than
flat
level
equal
to tie (make the same score)
to draw (score)
calm
peaceful
see also 平声píngshēng [平声], the even tone
peace
short for Peiping
a scale
a surname
to pacify
to restore to normal
to weigh and pay
common
fair
to conquer
to regulate
a draw
(one) hundred
to do
to make
to produce
to write
to compose
to act as
to engage in
to hold (a party)
to be
to become
to function (in some capacity)
to serve as
to be used for
to form (a bond or relationship)
to pretend
to feign
to act a part
to put on appearance
to fight
to kill
to trick
to have sex
to lift
to carry in one's hand
Taiwan pr. [līng]
to take away
to bring over
to make use of someone to do something
to (a place)
until (a time)
up to
to go
to arrive
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
been to
a particle used after a verb or adjective to indicate degree
extent
seven
euphemism for ?, prick
martial
military
a footstep
a surname
chivalrous
autocratic
powerful
soldier
trail
footprint
successor
a metal percussion instrument
unit of length equal to half a pace
the strings tie of a hat
dance
ocean
sea M: 个gè [个]
片piàn [片]
great number of people or things
(dialect) numerous
aimlessly
overseas
Shanghai
a surname
(noun) that time; then; those days; (adverb) at that time; at the time; back then; in those days
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval