Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to like
to love
to be fond of
to be liable to
to be likely to
oh (expression of agreement or surprise)
(Cantonese) not
to hold in mouth
to bite
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
hot (spicy)
pungent
peppery
to burn
cruel
to sexually arouse someone
to make someone angry
to provoke someone
to hurt
to patrol around an area
Tan Chai, name of a restaurant in Hong Kong
to not have (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 没有méiyǒu [没有]
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
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
a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
metropolitan
gatherings union
to meet
to catch up