Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to use
to employ
to have to
to eat or drink
expense or outlay
usefulness
hence
therefore
to apply
to operate
function
to spend
to make use
to serve as
to eat
to drink
with
to need
to exert
effect
with this
fruit
result
resolute
indeed
if really
full
a surname
nuts
berries
(verb) to own
possess
have a bit; to own
possess
have a little bit of; (pronoun
determiner
adverb) little; a few; some; slightly; somewhat
the bleating of sheep
final particle which transforms statements into questions that indicate doubt or surprise (Cantonese)
what
whatever
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
sentence-final particle, contraction of "嘅呀" (Cantonese), to express doubt
reservation
emphasis
disapproval
see also 嘅kài [嘅]
used in asking questions in conversations, similar to saying "is it ….?"; "Isn't it?"
"Yes or no?"
(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)