Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
to ally
to unite
to join
(poetry) antithetical couplet
to connect
to join
associate
allied
to bury
to conceal
to hide
to settle (an account)
to close out
to finish up
to move closer to
closer together
as well
needle
pin
injection
stitch M: 根gēn [根]
支zhī [支]
tack
acupuncture
to prick
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
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
(slang) I am fine; everything is fine
not to have
no
none
not
to lack
un-
–less
without
to go out
to come out
to occur
to produce
to go beyond
to rise
to put forth
to happen
to grow
to have (something unpleasant occurring)
to leave
to send out
out
used in transliteration
to come
used as a final particle to add emphasis
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