Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
used in asking questions in conversations, similar to saying "is it ….?"; "Isn't it?"
"Yes or no?"
to (a place)
until (a time)
up to
to go
to arrive
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
been to
a particle used after a verb or adjective to indicate degree
extent
to succeed
to finish
to complete
to accomplish
to become
to turn into
to be all right
OK!
one tenth
success
to amount to
whole
full
almost
nearly
capable
a surname
to settle
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
single
alone
one only
one of pair
month (in prison sentence)
dog M: 只zhī [只]
条tiáo [条]
a pistol
a prison officer
damned
cursed
football
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
the bleating of sheep
final particle which transforms statements into questions that indicate doubt or surprise (Cantonese)
what
whatever