Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to greet and welcome guests
to surpass
to overwhelm
to drown out
about
around
approximately
for
because
to live
to dwell
to stay
to reside
to stop
(suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
used after a verb to indicate a continuous state or an action which has not been completed yet
used between two verbs to indicate the two actions being performed simultaneously
used after a verb to indicate the action is temporary, similar to adding 'for now' or 'yet' after a verb
of
~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute)
(used to form a nominal expression)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
truly
really
indeed
target
to lift up
few
small
to fetch
to move
to get
to pick up
to force
taste
smell
classifier for drugs (in TCM)
dish
ingredients
odor
interest
to ponder over
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval