Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to be hungry
hungry
to be greedy for
an alternative form for the word的, a possessive, adjectival suffix
to know
to reprimand
to urge
to long for
to tell
to inform
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
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
classifier for sections and relationships
early
prior
former
in advance
first
for now
ancestor
pioneering
only then
to test
to try
experiment
examination
test
trial
to examine
to sound out
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