Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
important
vital
to want
to ask for
will
going to (as future auxiliary)
may
must
(used in a comparison) must be
probably
if
essential points
necessary
necessity
to desire
to need
should
秋後算帳
cau1 hau6 syun3 zoeng3
settle scores after the event
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
on top
upon
above
upper
previous
first (of multiple parts)
superior, highest
teacher
master
expert
model
army division
(old) troops
to dispatch troops
to imitate
exemplar
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
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
serious (illness)
sincere
true
deep
genuine
critical illness
to poke
to stab
the end
rear
bottom of something
a quanitifier for excretions such as faeces or urine
to take heroin by injection
to betray someone by letting out a secret