Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
picture
image
film
movie
photograph
reflection
shadow
trace
to project a shadow
shadowy
to photograph
to film
to copy and imitate
to reflect
used as part of a place name
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
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
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
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
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
eye
small hole
crux (of a matter) M: 只zhī [只]
双shuāng [双]
classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc) or needle, nail, lamp etc
eyelet
opening
aperture
salient point
insight
trap (in chess)
unaccented beat (in opera)
eyesight
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)
to pass
to spend (time)
measure
limit
extent
degree of intensity
degree (angles, temperature etc)
kilowatt-hour
classifier for events and occurrences
system
code of conduct
style of conduct
to write words for popular songs
mannerism
here
there
where
a quantifier for door, bridge etc
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)