Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to use
by means of
according to
in order to
because of
at (a certain date or place)
consider as
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval
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
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
an alternative form for the word帳, tent
an alternative form for the word脹, swell
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
an alternative form for the word的, a possessive, adjectival suffix
paper M: 张zhāng [张]
沓dá [沓]
classifier for documents, letter etc
currency
bank notes
to go
to go to (a place)
to cause to go or send (sb)
(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
to be apart from in space or time
(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
(of a time or an event etc) just passed or elapsed
to write
to sketch
to compose
to write out
to describe