Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval
iron (metal)
arms
weapons
hard
strong
violent
unshakeable
determined
close
tight (slang)
solid
firm
cruel
merciless
ruthless
a surname
the name of a mountain
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
to think
to believe
to suppose
to wish
to want
to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)
to plan
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
to leave
to part from
to be away from
(in giving distances) from
without (sth)
independent of
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦bāguà [八卦], symbolizing fire
☲
separation
departure
to separate
to go away from
to dispense with
to go without
to go against
large place used for a specific purpose
stage
scene (of a play)
classifier for sporting or recreational activities
classifier for number of exams
field
market
open space
spell
bout, a classifier
a business
a bar
a nightclub
a place of entertainment
a triad headquarters
an alternative form for 能,to be able
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
second month of a season
middle
intermediate
second amongst brothers
a surname
a mediator
still (doing something)
still (usually used in the context of ‘still not’ or to describe the remaining time left till something)
even more
in addition
last but not the least
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
it doesn't matter; indifferent