Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to be hungry
hungry
to be greedy for
an alternative form for the word的, a possessive, adjectival suffix
to shout
to call
to order
to ask
to be called
by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
to cry
to hail
to greet
to cause
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
salted
salty
pickled
dirty
grubby
pornographic
lewd
sexually explicit
lecherous
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks