Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to compete
competition
match
to surpass
better than
superior to
to excel
contest
race
to be comparable to
to be a match for
an ancient sacrificing ceremony to gods
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
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
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
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
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
a parapet
to look askance
to let
to allow
to submit
to administer
(phrase
adverb
noun) no, not.
to think
to believe
to suppose
to wish
to want
to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)
to plan
to arrange
to exhibit
to move to and fro
a pendulum
to put
to place
to display
to swing
to sway
to put on (an expression)
soft
mushy
well-cooked and soft
to rot
to decompose
rotten
worn out
chaotic
messy
utterly
thoroughly
crappy
bad
spoiled
decayed
bright coloured
cheesy
crummy
lacking style
to be addicted to
broken
damaged
incomplete
mashed
sodden
low quality
messy
very
extremely