Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
an alternative form for 能,to be able
right
trap
trick
pawn
to regard as
to pawn
thought
fit
proper
safe
appropriate
to treat as
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
(slang) "here"; an expression to indicate that someone is here
around
laugh
smile M: 个gè [个]
giggle
chuckle
to ridicule
to jeer
tight
strict
close at hand
near
urgent
tense
hard up
short of money
to tighten
taut
firm
secure
tight (short of money)
placed afte a verb to indicate an ongoing
continuous
non-stopping action
fast
not to have
no
none
not
to lack
un-
–less
without
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
to obtain
to acquire
to get
to gain
suit
proper
ready
finished
to be satisfied
to permit
to need to
to have gone as far as to
to have even done
can
to look down upon (classical)
to see
to look at (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 看kàn [看]
to glance at
to stare at
to look after
to take care of
to consider
to believe
to watch
to read
to check
to find out
to judge
to bring up opinions
to keep an eye on
to monitor
to pay a visit
to support
indignant
generous
to sigh (with emotion)
(history) for the princes (or their representatives) to have an audience with the Emperor
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone