Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
(Cantonese) to be
to connect
to relate to
to tie up
to bind
to be (literary)
to involve
relation
relationship
consequence
yes
indeed
right
(pronoun) why; how to explain; how come;
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
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
a military commander
a general officer
to command
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
thin piece
flake
a slice
to slice
to carve thin
partial
incomplete
one-sided
classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water
classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc
used with numeral 一yī [一]: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc
to pare
KangXi radical number 91
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this