Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
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
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then
to be able to
to subdue
to restrain
to overcome
gram
Tibetan unit of land area, about
ares
to digest
the bleating of sheep
final particle which transforms statements into questions that indicate doubt or surprise (Cantonese)
what
whatever
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval