Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
important
vital
to want
to ask for
will
going to (as future auxiliary)
may
must
(used in a comparison) must be
probably
if
essential points
necessary
necessity
to desire
to need
should
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval
new
newly
meso- (chemistry)
beginning
recent
modern
neo-
the Hsin dynasty
a surname
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
an alternative form for the word帳, tent
an alternative form for the word脹, swell
card
to guard
grumble
to chuckle
the sound of a mouse squeaking
close
recent
until
till
to stand close together
to cling to
to collude with
to admonish
variant of 证zhèng [证]
to prove
to verify
to confirm
proof
evidence