Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to use
to employ
to have to
to eat or drink
expense or outlay
usefulness
hence
therefore
to apply
to operate
function
to spend
to make use
to serve as
to eat
to drink
with
to need
to exert
effect
with this
(experienced action marker)
to cross
to go over
to pass (time)
to celebrate (a holiday)
to live
to get along
excessively
too-
to pass
to pass through
to go across
to surpass
to exceed
to excel
too much
mistake
fault
to transfer (funds
territory
allegiance)
day
sky
heaven
natural
given by nature
god
season
weather
emperor
imperial
the most important thing in life
husband
celestial
above one's head
the cover of a coffin
to surrender
to capitulate
to concede
to subdue
to tame
to vanquish
tree
wood
coffin
wooden
simple
numb
one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音bāyīn [八音]
dull
bead
pearl M: 粒lì [粒]
颗kē [颗]
precious stone
gem
jewel
a bead-like thing
pupil of the eye
a surname
drugs, especially 'white dragon pearl heroin'
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
to regard as
to figure
to calculate
to compute
to count
to plan
to guess
to suppose
to reckon
to include
to count in
as
to consider
to matter
let it be
that's enough
finally
at long last
(adjective) (of generations) 1. Great-grand; (noun)
Great-grand mother or father; (Reduplication) "太太" =
wife; 2. Mrs.