Cantonese Sentence Breakdown
to be hungry
hungry
to be greedy for
an alternative form for the word的, a possessive, adjectival suffix
at once
right away
only
just (emphasis)
as early as
already
as soon as
then
in that case
as many as
even if
to approach
to move towards
to undertake
to engage in
to suffer
subjected to
to accomplish
to take advantage of
to go with (of foods)
with regard to
concerning
to yield oneself to
to compromise
will do
no other
to let
allow something be a certain way
according to
supposing
either…or
exactly
precisely
definitely
to accommodate
has
have been
to give in
to avail oneself of
to take advantage of
to attend
to take a boat
to earn money
to fulfil
while
when
now that
to make one's living on the street
to operate on the streets
to hang out
loiter
loaf around
individual
this
that
size
classifier for people or objects in general or an action
indicates approximation when placed before numbers and after a verb
adds emphasis when added before a complement used with a verb
size
height
one
possessive particle
ten thousand dollars
bucks
circle
ring
loop
classifier for loops, orbits, laps of race etc M: 个gè [个]
to surround
to circle
to lock up