Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
to recognize
to know
to admit
to understand
to enter into a certain relationship with
to offer to do something
because of
for
on account of
on behalf of
by (in the passive voice)
to reach
to be enough
adequate
tired of
fed up with
too
musty smell of damp in the heat
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
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
(noun) a young lady; a girl
to go and return
to return
to resume
to return to a normal or original state
to repeat
again
to recover
to restore
to turn over
to reply
to answer
to reply to a letter
to retaliate
to carry out
to return (to)
to revert to
to restore
to go back
to come back
some
a certain
sb or sth indefinite
such-and-such
unknown
unspecified
(once) again
also
both... and...
and yet
(used for emphasis) anyway
and (used in the context when talking about fractions)
in adddition
to yell
to shout
to call out for (a person)
to howl
to cry
to gossip maliciously
laugh
smile M: 个gè [个]
giggle
chuckle
to ridicule
to jeer
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
(noun) girl; or (noun) someone's girl friend
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
sentence-final particle, contraction of "嘅呀" (Cantonese), to express doubt
reservation
emphasis
disapproval
see also 嘅kài [嘅]
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval