Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
(once) again
also
both... and...
and yet
(used for emphasis) anyway
and (used in the context when talking about fractions)
in adddition
to appear
present
now
existing
current
to manifest
to become visible
extempore
cash
ready
available
actual
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
manner
pattern
way
appearance
shape
classifier: kind, type
sample
variety
style
type
man
person
people M: 个gè [个]
位wèi [位]
mankind
someone else
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
to play
to have fun
to trifle with
to amuse oneself
to have a good time
to not be serious
to be only joking
to play at
to do
to fool with
to mess around with someone
to be disrespectful
to treat someone as unimportant
(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
(completed action marker)
to finish
to end
to settle
a final particle indicating change of situation to understand
a verb particle indicating possibility
to put in
to take away
to escape
flee in secret
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
fruit
result
resolute
indeed
if really
full
a surname
nuts
berries
disposition of troops
wave
spate
burst
spell
short period of time
classifier for events or states of short duration
battle formation
battle front
spasmodically
死雞撐飯蓋
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(slang) describes someone who refuses to admit their mistakes despite being blatantly wrong and continues defending themselves