Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
(pronoun) they; he; she; I; other people; everybody else
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
cover
sheath
to encase
a case
to overlap
to interleave
bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names)
harness
classifier for sets, collections
tau (Greek letter Ττ)
glove
to cover with
convention
to copy
to base it on
a loop
a knot
to trick someone into taling
a trap
a trick
to slip over
to harness
to attempt to win over a friendship
favour
a condom
so (Cantonese)
Mandarin equivalent: 这样zhèyàng [这样], like this
to sit
to take a seat
to take (a bus, airplane etc)
to bear fruit
variant of 座zuò [座]
a seat
for a building to have its back towards
to put something on a fire
to be sentenced
(slang) "here"; an expression to indicate that someone is here
around
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