Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
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
(noun) a young lady; a girl
used in transliteration
to come
used as a final particle to add emphasis
to support
classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc
to prop up
fight
quarrel
used in transliteration, such as in 'lama'
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
to conceal from
to keep (sb) in the dark
to deceive
to lie
eyes half-closed
to hide the truth from
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
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
to obtain
to acquire
to get
to gain
suit
proper
ready
finished
to be satisfied
to permit
to need to
to have gone as far as to
to have even done
can