Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
older sister
a term of address for an older female
a young woman
a house helper
a domestic helper
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
to look down upon (classical)
to see
to look at (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 看kàn [看]
to glance at
to stare at
to look after
to take care of
to consider
to believe
to watch
to read
to check
to find out
to judge
to bring up opinions
to keep an eye on
to monitor
to pay a visit
to support
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
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
manner
pattern
way
appearance
shape
classifier: kind, type
sample
variety
style
type
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
coarse
rough
thick (for cylindrical objects)
unfinished
vulgar
rude
crude
careless
negligent
inattentive
roughly
husky
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this