Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
matter
thing
item
work
affair M: 件jiàn [件]
桩zhuāng [桩]
回huí [回]
incident
to be engaged in
to serve
that
those (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 那nà [那]
two
both
some
a few
tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1
16 of a catty 斤jīn [斤] (old)
a group of about ten people
he
she
it (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 他tā [他]
(once) again
also
both... and...
and yet
(used for emphasis) anyway
and (used in the context when talking about fractions)
in adddition
to manage to escape or flee from someone
Cantonese particle equivalent to 了le [了] or 过guò [过], a particle used to indicate perfective aspect for continuous state
completed actions
past events
change of situation
“now”, with an connotation of doubt
surprise
disapproval