Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
nothing; it's nothing; not very; not particularly
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
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
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
to go
to go to (a place)
to cause to go or send (sb)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
to buy
to purchase
to bribe
to persuade
to bet
to place a bet on
to kill
to have killed
item
component
classifier for events, things, clothes etc
matter
letter
document
correspondence
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval