Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
used in asking questions in conversations, similar to saying "is it ….?"; "Isn't it?"
"Yes or no?"
(adverb) same as; exactly as; equivalent to; 'which means' or 'which is to say', usually used before explanations
spoken words
speech
talk
words
conversation
what sb said M: 种zhǒng [种]
席xí [席]
句jù [句]
口kǒu [口]
番fān [番]
to talk
to speak
to tell
to advise
to persuade
to think
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up
to buy
to purchase
to bribe
to persuade
to bet
to place a bet on
to kill
to have killed
beautiful
very satisfactory
good
to beautify
to be pleased with oneself
to praise
to use euphemism
American
America
beauty
perfection
pleasing
perfect
share
portion
part
thigh
classifier for smells, electric currents, spirals etc
whiff
low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科kē [科]
thigh
haunch
an alternative form for 能,to be able
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
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